and i love all types of music too...well ok, i HATE country music
i remember a ton of memory verses because i learned them in song form
i love worship time at church! love it! especially when pastor kondo leads it-he has a gift!
today during our worship service, we sang the song "You give and take away"
whenever we sing that song, i always have to stop at the taking away part because i don't know if i could continue to truly thank and bless God if He took certain things away from me-like john or sophia
i shudder just thinking about something happening to either of them...or any of my family for that matter
but during the song today, one of my co-workers from the ER was sitting in the front row and she stood up with her hands raised in what seemed to be a praise to God
no big deal right? well, she has 5 kids and was just diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma and has no clue if it has spread and if so, how far
they have no clue where she will even be able to do treatment around here; she has left work indefinitely
and yet she can continue to worship God...and say "You give AND You take away...my heart will choose to say, blessed be Your Name"
i know that when these things happen, usually people say "it always happens to the good people" and today i started thinking, is that because they are leaning so fully on God that He knows they can handle it? He knows they have the faith and the strength to endure it and testify His glory?
if so, i am not asking for hardship or tragedy but how little is my faith?
and when hard times come, which they will, will i be able to bless His name and lean on Him fully...
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