Monday, January 28, 2008

The faithfulness of God

My all time favorite hymn is "Great is thy faithfulness". Lately, I 've been listening to Sarah Groves and I love this song about faithfulness too!
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
Morning by morning I wake up to find
The power and comfort of God’s hand in mine
Season by season I watch Him, amazed
In awe of the mystery of His perfect ways
All I’m in need of, His hand will provide
He’s always been faithful to me
I can’t remember a trial or a pain
He did not recycle to bring me gain
I can’t remember one single regret
In serving God only, and trusting His hand
All I’m in need of, His hand will provide
He’s always been faithful to me
This is my anthem, this is my song
The theme of the stories I’ve heard for so long
God has been faithful, He will be again
His loving compassion, it knows no end
All I’m in need of, His hand will provide
He’s always been faithful,
He’s always been faithful
He’s always been faithful to me

This has definitely been an anthem for me this past week. We got some very difficult news regarding my father (in fact, if you want to pray at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, he will be having a biopsy). I love my dad. He's the best dad a girl could every want. He is a human (yep, flawed and imperfect) picture of what I think my Heavenly Father is like. Oh, how I wish every child could have this picture...I think the world would be a different place.

Anyway, it's hard...you know? However, in the midst of how hard this is I do not for one minute doubt God's faithfulness. He has been, is even in this, and will be faithful. Faithful to what? Faithful to comfort, to protect, to heal, to provide, to come along side, to love and to hear our prayers. THAT'S FAITHFULNESS!


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