Sing Praise

Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; speak of all His wonders. Glory in His holy name; let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.  Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually, remember His wonders which He has done.  Psalm 2-5

Sometimes I marvel at how wonderful God is and how I tend to take Him for granted.  Every day I should be saying, "Thank You," over and over and over again, yet I just go about my merry way.  It is not that I am not grateful; I am - very much so, but just as I enjoy gratitude from those I set out to help, I am sure, since I am made in His image, that God desires our thanks as well. 

Just the act of waking in the morning and being able to get out of bed, having food that is nourishing to eat, having decent clothing, a well-built house to live in and care for, neighbors who care about me, a garden to tend, a church family to go to with sorrow and joy alike, you all who are kind enough to read the things I write and encourage me with thought provoking messages, and the list could go on to fill a book - all these things are reason enough to shout my thanks to the Lord for all His kind wonders.  So I go back to singing His praises. 
Singing praises has always brightened my day, lightened my load, inspired me, and filled my heart with joy.  I used to go around singing praises each morning when my children were still living here.  They complained that I was too happy in the mornings, yet if I didn't sing, they asked what was wrong.  Now they are all grown and married and I tend to only sing once in a while.  There is no excuse for not praising my wonderful God, so I go back to singing praises.

Tomorrow I am to sing a special during worship.  God has been preparing me to sing this particular song for a while.  It started about a month ago when our then choir director asked me to do a special.  I offered to play a flute solo, but he said he'd really like me to sing. I looked through accompaniment CDs and knew when I saw this one, it was the song I was supposed to sing.  At first I was scheduled for May 26th, but was asked to change it to June 9th.  I agreed until I realized we would be getting home from vacation the 8th and I would have no time to practice and get in sync with the CD.  I asked to change it to tomorrow.  I understand why God arranged things the way He did with this.  I needed time to let the words really sink down into my spirit and become part of me before I sing it.  It is Trust His Heart.  With all that is going on in our church family, the world around me, my extended family, etc. I needed this song.  For those who don't know the words:

All things work for our good, though sometimes we don't see how they could.

Troubles that break our hearts in two sometimes blind us to the Truth.

Our Father knows what's best for us.  His ways are not our own.

So when your pathway grows dim and you just don't see Him,

Remember you're never alone.

God is too wise to be mistaken.

God is too good to be unkind.

So when you don't understand, when don't see His plan, when you can't trace His hand, trust His heart.

He sees the master plan and He holds the future in His hands.

So don't live as those who have no hope.

All our hope is found in Him.

We see the present clearly, but He sees the first and the last.

And like a tapestry He's weaving you and me to someday be just like Him.

He alone is faithful and true.  He alone knows what is best for you.

God is too wise to be mistaken.

God is too good to be unkind.

So when you don't understand, when you can't see His plan, when you can't trace His hand, trust His heart!

Have an extremely blessed day and offer up songs of worship, praise and thanksgiving for His loving kindnesses poured out on us each day!!