There's one thing I know I should do

Several years ago, I began a habit of taking the tune from a onetime popular song and writing my own lyric. I have chosen tunes that I’ve been drawn to and penciled in my own, usually spiritual, lyric. This habit exercises my brain and challenges me to express my faith in a new way.

 I’ve often noticed that hymns we sing in church are many times one person’s lyrics put to another person’s tune. Certain tunes have been used by new lyric writers a number of times. So over time, many have used this way of expressing their thoughts and faith using a tune already in place.

The tune that has recently caught my attention is “Dedicated to the One I Love”, written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass. It has been performed by many artists over the years. While my lyric doesn’t rime with the original lyric, it fits the rhythm and format. It goes like this:

“When I ignore you O my Father,
I know it saddens You, my Father.
And things don’t go my way my Father.
And in the darkness, there’s no song. 

But the times when I go to bed My Father,
And I whisper a little prayer to you my Father
Then you make the stars to shine above
And Your Love and light they flow to me.                                      

Life can never be exactly like we want it to be,
but I should be happy knowing you love me.
There's one thing I know I should do, especially for You. I should let You handle all my needs.

When I ignore you O my Father,
I know it saddens You, my Father.
And things don’t go my way my Father.
And in the darkness, there’s no song. 

There's one thing I know I should do, especially for You. I should let You handle all my needs.”

It is not only necessary for us to turn to our Creator Father in all things, it is mandatory in living the gift of life He has given us. We must not throw away His gift. The verses of Psalm 8 sing to us the characteristics of our God and Father: 

“O LORD our Governor, how exalted is your Name in all the world!

Out of the mouths of infants and children your majesty is praised above the heavens.

You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, to quell the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,

What is man that you should be mindful of him? The son of man that you should seek him out?

You have made him but little lower than the angels; you adorn him with glory and honor;

You give him mastery over the works of your hands; you put all things under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, even the wild beasts of the field, The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.

O LORD our Governor, how exalted is your Name in all the world!”

We must take God seriously, for we owe this life to Him. Those who go other ways are missing the most beautiful parts of life. Man has achieved great things, but there is no other Creator. He is One.