i just got finished reading the book The Bridge by Lisa Tawn Bergren and thought that it was really good. one of the reasons is because it's based off of the song Sweet Jesus by Gary Chapman and i remember hearing that song on the radio when i was younger and thinking that it was sad but good. so here is a small passage from the book and then the song Sweet Jesus in which the book was based off of.
The bridge.
His mother had crossed it, wanting to take him to something better.
The old man had saved him from it, kept it from taking his life, too.
And God, was calling him to cross it.
SWEET JESUS
by: Gary Chapman
There is a river running through this town
It carries the water
There isn't any way to slow it down
Or make it stop
I was a baby when the big bridge fell
So I don't remember
But I have listened to the stories well
And so I know
They were falling
To the surface
They were calling
To their God
And their cry was
Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us
Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying
Fishing for luck beneath the bridge that day
A man in his eighties
He saw it happen and began to pray
As he dove in
He found a mother and a baby boy
They both wouldn't make it
The mama handed him her only joy
He took the child
Then he was swimming
Like he was twenty
He made shoreline
Then he died
And his thoughts were
Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us
Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying
He was crying
I miss my mother and the brave old man
Though I never knew them
They are the soul inside the man I am I bear their dreams
And I am walking
In their footsteps I am talking
To their God
And my cry is
Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us
Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying
Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us
Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying
We're all crying
There is a river running through this town
It carries the water
There isn't any way to slow it down
Or make it stop
This song always leaves me choked up. At times I wonder if the people falling from the bridge were crying "Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us." Why didn't he? Why didn't he catch them, save them? Then it dawned on me, He did. Just because he didn't catch them or save them in the way I thought he should, the way that seemed obvious,doesn't mean he didn't catch them and save them. When we fall, He ALWAYS catches us, but we can't always see His hand. All we can do is trust that His hand is there to catch us when we fall, regardless of what we see.
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