TUESDAY May 4, 2010

NEVER LET ME GO (Ben Cantelon)

Your ways are always greater

Though I may not see

Your promise is written on my heart

And I look to You, my Savior

When I am weak

I find rest in the shadow of Your Wing

Father, I know You will never let me go

You’re always there

And when the darkness is surrounding, still you love me so

Yes, You love me so

Your Word is never failing

Strength for today

I have hidden Your Word in my heart

You are strength for today

And bright hope for tomorrow

Good morning, Lord.  I could surely use some of Your strength for today.  I know You will never let me go, Your Word has given me that promise and Hope.  I have hidden Your Words in my heart through the years and I find that the seeds that I have planted are springing up and giving me the strength that I need to be able to go through life.  I look to You when I am weak and I find rest in the shadow of Your wing.  You love me so and You are the victory in the battles and struggles that I face.

Battles and struggles.  As we walk through life, I know there are many kinds of days that we go through.  Some days we have battles, some days we have struggles, some days we have total victory.  Battles come from without, struggles come from within and victory comes from God.  We are either fighting the enemy face to face  or we are dealing with inward struggles of the soul (fighting with ourselves).  Everyone is different and there are no clear cut formulas, no win all book written that can tell us exactly “how to do it”.  Each one of us is unique and only God Himself knows the inner workings of our heart.  Pat answers don’t always work.  When we become so “spiritual” that we know just how you are supposed to do it and what everyone else needs, we might be ready for a fall.

It’s complete dependence and trust in Him.  It’s loving the unlovable and accepting them just as they are.  It’s listening when You want to “fix”.  It’s knowing that outside of God’s wisdom, you have nothing to offer except love.  It’s being willing to open up and share your heart.  It’s being willing to come out of the darkness and allow the light of Christ to shine and reveal openly those “dark” areas.  The Ways of the Lord are greater.  If we think we can “hide” “it”, we are deceived.  “It” will never be healed if the light doesn’t shine on “it”.  Still You love me so.  Moses hid his sin when he retreated to the desert.  Not much was written about him in that period of His life….but later when he was in front of the Israelites (community) was where the “real” Moses was known….the Moses that teaches lesson after lesson about how to live life, where he came close to his “promised land”.  Today I am

Rambling, but learning,

Mary Ann