I have not been a faithful writer like I had planned to be… things this pregnancy have been difficult and I have put off any additional writings or anything… but I have to stop and write and say… God Is SO Good To US!

Things have been a little rough recently for Sean and I, and they still are not even close to easy, as a matter of fact they’ve been overall just miserable…but God has been SO Faithful and I was reminded of that all over again on Sunday morning. I was absolutely broken through the whole church service and during worship time we sang, (well the congregation sang, I cried and mouthed the words with my eyes sealed tight) “Blessed Be the Name of the Lord”.

Blessed be your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where the 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 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 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

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, Blessed be your name

Every word of this song gripped my heart so deeply and I just had to post this now with all the words. Sunday morning was not easy when I sat down with the check book to tithe and the decision of how much do we stretch this week to give? Well we gave what we could and decided that this Sunday we would not go out with our friends after the service just like we always do. It’s become a real blessing of a time to gather together after Church on Sunday and just fellowship with each other…but this Sunday we would just not be able to do it. As we walked out to the car for Church, I had just thought to myself in a little prayer, “Lord it would be great to still go out with everyone after church, what could we do?” Well God had plans for us! The first announcement at church was that there was going to be an after church brunch for one of our church missionaries who just came back into the area and the whole church was welcome to be there. I filled up with tears instantly thinking, oh what fellowship there! It was overly exciting, and then to have that song well up in my heart…God is just so GOOD!

He is teaching me so much about trusting Him with everything, and giving EVERYTHING, EVERY PART, EVERY BREATH COMPLETELY to Him!

Sean and I are so blessed in this marriage we share, and in the blessing of pregnancy (as rough as it maybe!) that we just can’t imagine why on earth we tried living by our own selfish ways for so long without turning our lives to Him.

We have so much to learn, and so many things that we need to mature in and still give to God, I wish it was a simple overnight solution…it’s just not that easy!

Anyway, I pray that God continues to use His Holy Spirit to work and to grab hearts that He may be Glorified in all things!