God is good :)
I went to church this morning not really expecting much except good fellowship but am glad I got more. For the first time in a long time, I actually felt like the worship songs were meaningful. I wasn't just singing along because I knew the words, they really spoke to my spirit. One song in particular touched my heart. I just felt that it summed up everything that's been going on lately in my life. Particularly when I consider that my devotions lately have been from the book of Job.
It's a song by Matt Redman called Blessed be your name (blessed is pronounced bless-ed with two syllables in this case)
Blessed Be Your Name In the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name Blessed Be Your name When I'm found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed Be Your name Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name Blessed be Your name When the sun's shining down on me When the world's 'all as it should be' Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name You give and take away You give and take away My heart will choose to say Lord, blessed be Your nameHow easy it is for us to bless God when everything is as it should be and going right for us. But we can still choose to bless him in the hard times as well. I've been going through that lately what with having to move back home and not having a job and my prospects of a job not looking too bright either. It is frustrating, but I admitted to God that He was in control and to just give me guidance. I re-affirmed that statement to myself in church today when this song was playing. I realized that either God is in control or He's not. I choose to believe that He is in control and surely as he watches over the sparrow and cares for them, how much more important am I to him. He will not let me down. Above all, it's nice to know that there is nothing I can do that will make Him stop loving me and no mistake or stumbling on my part that can't ultimately be used for good.
On that note, I am going to go to the school board office to apply for substitute teaching job. I wasn't going to because I don't see myself as teacher material really, but after yet another person mentioned teaching as a job opportunity for me today, I decided that maybe that was God giving me a gentle push in that direction. Seriously, I've had like 4 or 5 people tell me to try it. And they don't all know each other. So, we will see what happens.
It's a song by Matt Redman called Blessed be your name (blessed is pronounced bless-ed with two syllables in this case)
Blessed Be Your Name In the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name Blessed Be Your name When I'm found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed Be Your name Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name Blessed be Your name When the sun's shining down on me When the world's 'all as it should be' Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name You give and take away You give and take away My heart will choose to say Lord, blessed be Your nameHow easy it is for us to bless God when everything is as it should be and going right for us. But we can still choose to bless him in the hard times as well. I've been going through that lately what with having to move back home and not having a job and my prospects of a job not looking too bright either. It is frustrating, but I admitted to God that He was in control and to just give me guidance. I re-affirmed that statement to myself in church today when this song was playing. I realized that either God is in control or He's not. I choose to believe that He is in control and surely as he watches over the sparrow and cares for them, how much more important am I to him. He will not let me down. Above all, it's nice to know that there is nothing I can do that will make Him stop loving me and no mistake or stumbling on my part that can't ultimately be used for good.
On that note, I am going to go to the school board office to apply for substitute teaching job. I wasn't going to because I don't see myself as teacher material really, but after yet another person mentioned teaching as a job opportunity for me today, I decided that maybe that was God giving me a gentle push in that direction. Seriously, I've had like 4 or 5 people tell me to try it. And they don't all know each other. So, we will see what happens.