TUESDAY May 18, 2010

Praise You in the Storm

I was sure by now That You would have reached down And wiped our tears away Stepped in and saved the day But once again, I say “Amen”, and it’s still raining As the thunder rolls I barely hear Your whisper through the rain “I’m with you” And as You mercy falls I raise my hands and praise the God who gives And takes away I’ll praise You in this storm And I will life my hands For You are who You are No matter where I am Every tear I’ve cried You hold in Your hand You never left my side And though my heart is torn I will praise You in this storm I remember when I stumbled in the wind You heard my cry You raised me up again My strength is almost gone How can I carry on If I can’t find You As the thunder rolls I barely hear You whisper through the rain “I’m with you” And as Your mercy falls I raise my hands and praise the God who gives And takes away I lift my eyes unto the hills Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord The Maker of Heaven and Earth

Good morning Lord Jesus.  My finger still hurts and it isn’t easy writing this….but I am pressing forward.  As the thunder rolls, I barely hear you whisper through the rain, “I am still with you”.  I will praise You no matter how I feel.  Though my heart is torn, I will praise you in this storm.  My body still aches from a terrible sunburn…something I inflicted on myself.  You never leave my side, You tenderly watch over me.  Where does my help come from?  It comes from You Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth.  I will lift my hands, You are who You are, no matter who I am.  I will praise You, I will go to the Rock that is higher than I am.  I will do as my brother David and choose life over death and darkness.

Last night the electricity went out for a long time.  I couldn’t sleep, something about being without electricity made me unsettled.  I was up and down all night.  The thought came coming to me how lost I was without the light.  I had to trust my ability to walk in total darkness and it didn’t “feel” right.  I stumbled, I felt extremely uncomfortable as though I had never walked in this house.  It reminded me of a secular book that I read last week that had many phenomenal concepts about losing weight.  As I read this book, I somehow felt uncomfortable, struggling within myself.  The truths were there and I am sure that the concepts are freeing….but I just couldn’t get settled.  It “felt” as though the electricity was out (so to speak).  I grappled, I stumbled, I “felt” as though I had never walked in my “house”(body).

Do I trust You, Lord?  Do I trust You with this chapter of my life.  Even if I can only hear You whisper, I will praise You in this storm.  You have never left my side, though my heart in torn, I WILL TO PRAISE YOU IN THIS STORM.  You hear my cry and raise me up again.  How can I carry on if I can’t find You.  You say to me that You are with me.  “And Jesus said unto them, ‘Do you believe I am able to do this?’ They said, ‘Yes, Lord.’...And their eyes were opened" (Matthew 9:28-30 NKJV).I believe that You are able to do “this”.  It is not by my power or my might (or the world’s might), but by Your Spirit.  I love You Lord for loving me.  Today I am

Encouraged in the Lord,

Mary Ann