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 name
As we were singing this in church today (Thank you Leah and Anna) the words were made new to me. I have sung this song countless times before and never was impacted the way I was today. After a long time in the desert and a long trip on the road marked with suffering I realized that I, for the most part, am a fair weather Christian. When my life is good I can praise everyday and truly mean it, but as soon as life got hard and everything was taken away from me I lost my ability to praise him. And it struck me today as we were singing this song (and I don't want this to sound bad or be taken the wrong way because I truly do praise him for this) that he left me in that desert and on that road for so long because of my inability to praise him during that time. I have no doubt in my mind that if I had turned the blessings that he did given me during that time back into praise he would have rescued me sooner. He wanted me to learn that even when I am at my lowest, when I feel that I have nothing and that I am all alone, He still pours out many blessings that I choose to ignore or am to selfish to realize. And as I stood there singing that song I realized that He is truly worthy of praise in the good times and the bad because he never stops blessing us. And the very least we could do is praise him for that. So to rap things up I just want to say that in this time between suffering and plenty, I will praise the name of the LORD. I will turn the blessings that he has given me back into praise.
It is so fantastic to see the Lord working in your life and your response to Him. Keep the focus!
ReplyDeleteWe also have to remember that there are those who have a close walk with the Lord and continue to suffer....we don't always know why. I think of your grandma and your uncle. But I know the Lord used this in your life to bring you back to himself and to move you out of Colorado.
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