Merry 11th Day of Christmas

Merry 11th Day of Christmas  

Eleven pipers piping. Making music. This brings to mind another favorite hymn. This one is Here I Am, Lord. The opening lines always grab hold of me when we sing this hymn. 

Here I am, Lord 
Is it I, Lord? 
I have heard You calling in the night 
I will go, Lord 
If You lead me 
I will hold Your people in my heart 

How often do I say that, offer that to Jesus? How often do I say, “Here I am, Lord, let me help”? I also think about the faithful apostles and how they each said “Here I am, Lord” when they chose to follow him. I do not always find it easy to follow Christ and I bet the apostles each had their own struggles following Him, too. 

Why Eleven Pipers Piping on the Eleventh Day of Christmas?  

The eleven pipers represent the eleven faithful apostles: 

• Simon Peter,
• James the Great,
• John,
• Simon (the Zealot),
• Jude (a.k.a. Thaddeus),
• Andrew,
• James the Less,
• Matthew,
• Phillip,
• Bartholomew, and
• Thomas

The apostles were first followers of Jesus and then they became models and leaders teaching others how to believe and follow Jesus by their actions and their words. I will think about their example as I continue to answer Jesus with, “Here I am, Lord.”  

Merry Christmas,
Karen 

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One of my favorite versions of Here I Am, Lord:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xox5ZKz2haM