LITTLE SURFER GIRL

LITTLE SURFER GIRL

I want to share with you a loving and personal time I had with the Lord about eleven years ago or so, as I remember.  I lived in South Carolina with my late husband at the time, and my mother (who I was very close with) was in need of some company and attention.  My husband drove me to Florida, stayed the weekend,  and drove back to Charleston, leaving me with my mother for two weeks.  He did drive back down to see me on the weekends as we were very close and not used to being separated.

At that particular time, I was becoming more aware that my mother was in a place whereby she needed extra help more than just having the woman who came to clean her home and also did some caretaking several times a week.  Mother’s memory was failing,  she was repeating herself and seemed confused about many details.  I was drained during that week between taking her to doctor’s appointments, hair appointments, her banking, and catching up on some things she would never have left undone under normal circumstances. 

During this time, I was not spending my normal time with the Lord, and I could feel the difference.  I so longed to just get alone with God, but mother was so happy just having me near, whenever I would endeavor to find some one on one time, she would pop up!  Part of me was treasuring the special moments with her, as we never know how long we will have our parents.. and part of me was going crazy at not having some “me” time! 

I decided to go to a Wednesday night church service in the area.  Poor mother was upset about me going, saying I did not know the area well and she was afraid  for me to drive at night etc.. I assured her I would be fine.  As soon as I got in the car, she called all upset again..   Why did I have to go???  I thought silently to myself “for my sanity”!  I tried to soothe her concerns and said I would be home by eleven, as I knew her pastor and thought it might be a good time after church to share my observations about mother with him, and to ask for prayer for me and her.. which by the way did not work out. 

So, I was driving down the road, lamenting on how much I missed the peace I always experienced in Gods’ presence, I had become preoccupied with problems and not the one who settles problems.  I was also feeling guilty for feeling I needed some time to myself.  I decided to turn on the radio to relax on the way to church. The song “Surfer Girl” by the Beach Boys was on the radio.  I don’t know how God speaks to you, but for me, He speaks to me in a myriad of ways.  I must have a Bambi mentality because He does speak to me many times in Disney movies.. LOL or fifties oldies songs.. in fact I just love my girlfriends and when we get together and end up ministering it is not unusual for our sweet MaryAnn to start singing a fifties or old hymn song over someone, or JoAnn or myself.. and we will join in to help her with the words... it is so precious how God does that!  Anyway…….  Here are the words to the song:

BEACH BOYS SURFER GIRL

Little surfer little one
Made my heart come all undone
Do you love me, do you surfer girl
Surfer girl my little surfer girl

I have watched you on the shore
Standing by the oceans roar
Do you love me do you surfer girl
Surfer girl surfer girl

We could ride the surf together
While our love would grow
In my woody I would take you everywhere I go
So I say from me to you
I will make your dreams come true
Do you love me do you surfer girl
Surfer girl my little surfer girl
Well
Girl surfer girl my little surfer girl
Well
Girl surfer girl my little surfer girl
Well
Girl surfer girl my little surfer girl

Immediately I could hear in the spirit Jesus singing this song to me.  I began to cry and cry inconsolably at the thought that My Jesus felt the same way when I was not near to Him, He missed me not being near to Him.  I poured out ALL my concerns to Him and told Him over and over again how sorry I was that I had become overwhelmed with the things of this world and did not come to Him.  All my cares just seemed to slip away as I abandoned all my fears about my mother’s future.  I could not get over the words in the song .. that I could possibly make Jesus’ heart come all undone.. I was crying so hard I thought I would never stop. 

He had been watching me while I was on the shore..  with all my worries and concerns for my mother.  He was beckoning me to leave that place and to ride the surf with Him.. free from turmoil.  He asked over and over “Do you love Me”?   Oh my heart responded over and over..

“Yes Lord, I do love You”… I knew He was saying… “Do you trust Me”?   “Yes Lord, I trust You”.    

The thought of being in a Woody with Jesus with the wind blowing in our hair and us laughing together made me laugh and cry at the same time in relief.  Woody’s were so popular in the fifties when I grew up and they were always my favorite with the two toned wood siding on wagons. I used to surf in Los Angeles when I was an airline stewardess, and I always loved seeing the old Woody’s there.  I also loved seeing the strong surfer's riding the wave with the girls on their shoulders.

While the song played I could see myself in the Woody with Jesus.   He was wearing a white robe and I was in beach shorts and top with bathing suit underneath… Jesus  wanted to let me know He would be with me always .. He would take me everywhere I went.  I am never alone when I am with Him.  He had it all in control.   All I had to do was trust, and believe in Him and step into a deeper place of faith. 

My mother is now with the Lord along with my dear late husband .. They both went to be with Jesus within nine months of each other.  But my Jesus was and has been so there with me.  I am now living in Florida nearby three of my four children and their families, and remarried to a wonderful man who loves and cares about me. 

I learned that night in the car with the Little Surfer song, that no matter how overwhelmed we are … Father God has a place for us that will bring peace and well being.  We can find it, if we but come to Him… whether it be on His lap, in the cleft of the rock, under the shadow of His wings.. or on a surf board riding the waves of our circumstances!!! 

Jesus loves us and it makes His heart come all undone when we love Him and trust Him. 

Come join me as we ride the surf together with our precious Jesus .. conqueror and victor of all our circumstances. 

Let's catch a wave with Jesus!!

Submersively Yours,

Donsie