Oh the Lord is so good... He is always faithful to be all that I need. He is my strength, my comfort, my help, my joy, my provider, my protector, my savior, my hope. Yes, life is not easy, but only He can give me perpetual joy through it all! He is more than enough for me. He will always be with me and walk with me through each day. Oh that all would know His redeeming love...
God is teaching me so much right now. He's holding the mirror up to my face and showing me those things that need to change. One of the most important things I'm learning is just to know God. If I make Him my focus and seek to know Him, everything else will work out. If I seek Him daily and spend time with Him then He will pour into me and give me strength so that I am able to pour out from the overflow that comes from knowing Him. My purpose is to know Him, honor Him, and become like Him. I also must give Him complete control of my life. Every thought, attitude, action, and word. Every day I must die to myself and allow Him to reign in me. Complete surrender. It is impossible for me to do it in my own strength and that is why I depend on Him. He is showing me the blessing of obedience to Him. I can be so stubborn sometimes... "He must increase, but I must decrease." Mark 3:30 The key to everything is abiding in Him constantly. Oh how I am overcome by the Lord's love and grace. He is so patient with me. He even says that I am His delight! It is so hard to grasp that His love for me never changes. It doesn't matter what I do or don't do, He loves me the same. What a beautiful God.
As I look into the stars
Pondering how far away they areHow You hold them in Your hands
And still You know this man
You know my inner most being, oh
Even better than I know, than I know myself
What a beautiful God
What a beautiful God
And what am I, that I might be called Your child
What am I, what am I
That You might know me, my King
What am I, what am I, what am I
As I look off into the distance
Watching the sun roll on by
Beautiful colors all around me, oh
Painted all over the sky
The same hands that created all of this
They created you and I
What a beautiful God
What a beautiful God
And what am I, that I might be called Your child
What am I, what am I
That You might know me, my King
What am I, what am I
That You might die, that I might live
What am I, what am I, what am I, what am I
Beautiful - Shawn McDonald
