Verse
“In the shelter
of Thy wings, I will hide in Thee, hide in Thee
There is no other
place, that I would rather be
Than in the
shelter in Thy wings
Chorus
I will find you
loving kindness, I will feel your warm embrace
I will hear your
voice and I will rejoice
In the shelter of
Thy wings”
During
my early days in the ministry, I had divine encounter while doing the
meditation of the song for the Sunday mass.
One of the songs assigned to me was “In the Shelter of Thy Wings”. For me to interpret it properly, I have to
meditate the song, to internalize it and to be one with it. I have to memorize every single line and to
sing it over and over again for me to be familiarized with the tone and the beat. I don’t know if I’ve fallen asleep while
meditating the song but what I knew was, I sang it while lying on my bed.
These what
happened when the verse was sang: I
found myself at the door of my room facing the vacant lot and I saw the clouds very
near. Everything is white outside. While feeling the air, I was flying with
someone dressed in white robe. I can’t clearly
see the face because of his brilliance. I don’t have the wings nor this guy beside me
but we just spread our hands on the air and we did fly. It was really cool because I freely fly on
the air. I was escorted with this
someone I can’t recall the face but I wasn’t scared to be with him. I have that confidence that he will take care
of me as we took the tour. The place was
so beautiful and full of clouds so white.
While I was still on the air enjoying the moment, I saw a city wall around
the garden full of colorful flowers. It seems
like, the garden was just a portion because I wasn’t able to see the entire
city as I was forbid to explore the place.
From the distance, I saw a castle above the clouds and it was beautiful. I was awed to the awesomeness of the
place. When I attempted to go near, I was
led to other area. I enjoyed flying on
the air without wings. Truly, there is no other place that I would rather
be.
In chorus, the
lines of the song were so real to me because I saw Jesus smiling and His
embrace was so warm. He was at my back embracing
me so tight while we were flying. He was
so happy because I heard Him laughed. I was
so happy at that moment too and I can’t explain the happiness I felt. When the chorus was repeated, it seems like
my time has been extended but just like the song, there is an end. When the music played the coda, I was already
on my bed lying and I felt somebody arranged the blanket for me, kissed me on
my left cheek and whispered, “good night Gemma” and walked away. When I opened my eyes, I saw somebody dressed
in white robe passed at the door. I
wonder if it was just an illusion but what I’m sure of, the kiss was real
because I really felt it, my face was cold when I touched it. I was
awaken by that kiss but when I saw the man no more, I slept as my eyes were so
heavy for sleep.
I don’t know if
what happened was a vision or just an imaginary thing. How can I fly without wings? What about the castle above the clouds? Why I was forbid to explore the place
eventhough I have the chance to do so? That
experience was kind of strange to me in 1997 until I read the book My Time in Heaven by Richard Sigmund, where
I found the answers to the questions. “In heaven, you can fly freely even without
wings as the laws of physics were suspended.
The castle is the place where the hopes and dreams of God’s people are
kept and fulfilled.”
You can get a lot
of things in the meditation of the song.
God communicate to us in every way, through His words, in our prayer and
teaching and also through the songs of heaven.
=)
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