Have you ever been struck by the beauty of a colorful sunrise or sunset? Did you ever think that this could be the setting of the Lord's return? This was the situation which stirred Dottie Rambo to compose this week's song.
Rambo and a fellow musician were leaving their motel for a seven-mile trip to the sight of a concert when suddenly they saw an unusually beautiful sunset. She said there were "colors that I had never seen in my lifetime." She thought of the wonderful prospect of Jesus, "coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory" (Matt. 24:30). The Lord said "be still I want to give you something special." It was all she could do to drive as she began to compose the words during those seven miles, He allowed her to write this beautiful song.
The first time that Sandi Patti heard this song was on a demo tape and she was immediately mesmerized by it. She played the demo for her arranger, David Clydesdale at their next meeting. They were sitting at her little spinet piano, talking about that song. And while they sat there, he started adding the orchestration. Two hours later, it was done. He wrote it right there on the spot and the next day the musicians were playing it.
Rambo was an American gospel singer and songwriter. She was a Grammy winning solo artist and multiple Dove award winning artist. She wrote more than 2,500 songs.
At age eight, she started writing songs while sitting on a creek bank near her Morganfield, Kentucky home. She had the support of her mother and father, and by age ten she was singing and playing country music cover tunes on a local radio program. At twelve years old, she became a born-again Christian and made a commitment to write and sing Christian music. The decision turned out to be pivotal in more than one way; it did not sit well with her father who gave her an ultimatum – give up Christian music or leave. She left home and went on the road, with her first engagement being at a church in Indianapolis, Indiana. She formed a trio called the Gospel Echoes and traveled throughout the midwestern and southern United States. Along with ex-husband Buck and daughter Reba, she later formed the award-winning southern Gospel group, The Rambos.
On May 11, 2008, while on her tour bus heading to Texas for a Mother's Day concert, Rambo's tour bus crashed, killing her instantly. The crash took place in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. The other 6 passengers survived with injuries, including her manager Larry Ferguson and his family.
This song reminds us of that glorious time when Christians will finally see the Lord face to face when they are raptured and taken home. Now I must admit that I think Rambo mixes some facts of the Lord's rapture and His second coming. But that doesn't change the effect we will experience when we finally behold him face to face. And, that could even happen today. Are you ready?
Listen to it here. BEHOLD HIM
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