never leave me,
and though the waves roll
high, I know
Thou wilt be near
Me, and whisper,
'it is I.' "
Final sentence of hymn text "I Could Not Do Without Thee" by Frances R. Havergal; anthem music by Craig Curry composed for Paula Williams. Music Copyright 1997.
What surprises me again and again about language and lines and phrases, is that phrasing makes all the difference to the meaning of the words. Music is genius in its ability to phrase meaning.
As I have the words broken here, the word "wilt" changes from Havergal's original intent of "will not", to my question and perception of "Thou Christ wilting."
The Godhead in any Person of Itself cannot be diminished. I am expressing the broken perception I feel and others experience through constant pressing into what cannot be diminished.
There seems a futility in the pressing into the non-diminishing Presence. The futility is in the LACK of perceiving that The Godhead, Thou Christ, non-diminishing Person Whose image we are, is already With Us. His whisper that Fraces B. Havergal wrote in the end--"It is I"--is TODAY heard and spoken to Me.
Thou Christ, Full non-diminishing Godhead in any Person of Itself is with us, non-pressing Peace That Is
"Thou wilt never leave me.... 'It is I.' "