Arms Open Wide (song series)

This week, I have decided to jump on the bandwagon of “Throwback Thursdays” with my blog and song posts.  It is fun to look back and see where it all began. Where singing became part of who I was and God took a hold of my voice for His glory. I think the very first time I sang in front of others was at Calvary Community Church in Williams Bay, WI.  I was 3 and I sang... 

“Jesus loves me, He really loves me, and He’s watching over everything I doooooo” 

I have always loved to sing and entertain as a child.  When I was little my mom would tape-record me outside the bathroom door while I made up songs (mostly about horses).  I would also invite all my neighbors over and perform “The Heart of Rock-n-Roll” by Huey Lewis and the News…complete with all the instruments that I pretended to play during the song.  I had my musical debut...hehe…when I performed in actual musicals at Timber-lee.  When I was five I played “Praise”, a little girl sent to bring joy and music to a sad kingdom…singing a couple solos with my distinctive lisp.  I even had a chance to sing on a couple of albums we professionally recorded of camp songs...then eventually running the programming for our summer camp leading worship and writing the theme songs for a few years.

All this to say…music runs in my blood and I have always felt a calling to do something with it.  It wasn’t until high school where I picked up the guitar and learned to pluck a few chords and then caught the writing bug. This song is one of my very first songs written, I believe back in high school after an FCA bible study where we discussed Luke 15 about the prodigal son and the lost sheep.

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Arms Open Wide

Becki J. Buescher

Seven times fallen, this road so rough

I find myself wandering again

I look up with tear filled eyes and strain to see Your face

And pray You would take me from this place

But when I look up You’re already on Your way

And run to me with arms open wide

Oh Lord why pursue this wretch you see

Never failing, You are there for me

Driven off the path independence as my guide

A lamb without a flock all alone

Do I know I am lost will my shepherd every come

And leave 99 to save this one

Glory in the Little Things (song series)

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;


And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”

Let the sea roar, and all it contains; 
Let the field exult, and all that is in it.

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the Lord;

1 Chronicles 16:31-33

God will always be glorified.  We find His glory existing around us all the time.  Through His creation, the very trees applaud. The rivers swell to display His power.  The rains pour to prove His provision.  They are all here to glorify the One who designed and intended for their existence. 

I try to see into the little things that glorify God– the sweet pudgy fingers of my little girl that will someday be raised to worship, the laughter and energy of my little boy who naturally expresses the vitality God has given him, and the gift of love and companionship that comforts me with a warm hug at the end of a long day. The singing birds, the sunny day, the spring flowers, the cool breeze are all there to reflect God's beauty, love, provision, peace, and joy and return to glorify Him in their existence and the thanks we lift for the opportunity to share in it!

And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,

“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”

Revelation 5:13

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Glory in the little things

Becki J Buescher

Through the curtains, spill the light

Bids my eyes awake

To greet the morning with a simple song

of hope and joy and thanks

Find Glory in the little things

That exist to worship You

I know its gonna be a good day

If I start my day with You

A toddler’s laughter, a newborn’s smile

A man of God holding my hand

Enjoying beauty in the design

of creation You have planned

Find Glory in the little things

That exist to worship You

I know its gonna be a good day

If I give my day to You

A starry sky, and heavy eyes

My little loves drifting off to sleep

Another day comes to an end

And I thank God once again

Find Glory in the little things

That exists to worship You

I know its gonna be a restful night

If I end my day with You

Whatever lies ahead

New Mercies will be found

For the Giver of this humble life

May praise always resound

Between the Rains (song series)

“Let us strive to know the Lord. 
His appearance is as sure as the dawn. 
He will come to us like the rain, 
like the spring showers that water the land.” 

Hosea 6:3

Springtime is a time of new growth and revival after a long and cold winter. We anticipate the spring showers that rejuvenate the soil and lure the hidden buds to emerge from within the ground.  What a joy when the heavens open and release not a sprinkle but a downpour upon us.  How refreshing and life giving it is especially when we are in a dry and brittle state.

I love to picture God's provision and love like that kind of rain…not a little sparse watering…but an abundance and complete saturation of the soul.  Oh to rest and rejoice in that kind of drenching!

God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’

Job 37:5-6

But we know that there are those times of trusting between the rains…when we wait...when we face trials...when we fervently pray for His reply and sit in a desert and prepare. He will answer. He promises He will provide in the proper time.

There are those moments when your child is sick, when your loved one is in the hospital, when you are waiting to hear if you got the job, when your next paycheck can’t come soon enough, when you feel alone, or when you are completely overwhelmed and you need a rescue. We find we wait often for answers, for renewal, for healing, for desire. We wait for rain and cry out for that which it brings – new life.

“If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul, I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil

Deuteronomy 11:13,14 

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Between the rains

Becki J Buescher

Sweet Savior

In You I'm satisfied

Sovereign Glory

We await our morning joy

You pave the way

And hold each day

What a privilege

to trust in You

Between the rains

I rest in You

Patient for what You will do

Though dry and frail, prepare my heart

For Your flood to rush through

Known by You

You see my heart

And hold me close

For You love me so

Pour down Your grace

Saturate my soul

No other place
I would rather go

Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus

And to take Him at His Word

Just to rest upon his promise

And to know "Thus saith the Lord"

(Louisa M.R. Stead)