Hosanna - I think this is an old Greek word meaning God save us. It is also of a song I heard recently by an artist named Jason Morant. This song really, really moved me. When I heard it the first time I broke down crying and I also felt a peace that God is with me and He did save me, and that is something to be joyful about! Music is such an expression of the soul and of the spiritual world. Sometimes I think it's God's way of speaking to us and bringing us peace and comfort. For whenever there is peace and comfort there is God. And God is peace and love and comfort. And I savor these moments when I can bask in this truth and I soak it all in a warming ray of sunshine in my life. This video is only an excerpt of the song. But as you can see it is really powerful combined with the movie clip of saving private ryan. It made me think of my PawPaw fighting in World War II, although I'm fairly sure he wasn't here at D-Day as portrayed in this clip. However, he sacrificed a great deal for this country and I'm sure he saw some miserable, life-changing things. I cannot even imagine having to experience pain and suffering in this way.
Just in case you cannot understand the lyrics, here they are:
There was a man who smiled like the sunrise
His face I can’t forget
His love displayed was unlike any other
He humbly dressed just like a vagabond with
Discourse like a King
And when he talked the angels stopped to listen
Hosanna
Filio David
Hosanna
In Altisimis
(Hosanna, Son of David, Hosanna in the Highest)
He often spoke about a Kingdom coming
His words I can’t forget
Where all who come may rest beneath His mercy
Where royalty is flowing through the veins of
Every citizen
And every soul is treasured like a promise
When I watch this video and try to comprehend all the suffering that those brave men had to endure.. my heart just cannot bear it. And through it all God is still on his throne. He is still reaching out to us and comforting us in all of our brokenness and misery. He is still God. And to think I've only experienced a teeny fraction of what these men experienced and also what God experienced when he gave up his only son.
