Good verse

"This is what the Lord says - your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go." Isiaah 48:17. I love Isaiah.

Bless the Lord

Today we sang this song at church and I absolutely LOVED it. Here are the lyrics. Keep in mind I just got back from our choir tour where I sang pretty much constantly. My favorite part is "sing like never before." That's how I want to approach worship. Singing like I've never sung before. Bless the Lord, O my soul O my soul Worship His holy name Sing like never before O my soul I'll worship Your holy name The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning It's time to sing Your song again Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me Let me be singing when the evening comes You're rich in love, and You're slow to anger Your name is great, and Your heart is kind For all Your goodness I will keep on singing Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find And on that day when my strength is failing The end draws near and my time has come Still my soul will sing Your praise unending Ten thousand years and then forevermore Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name Lord, I'll worship Your holy name Sing like never before O my soul I'll worship Your holy name Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name I'll worship Your holy name

You can't go wrong with Hudson

"I am no longer anxious about anything, as I realize the Lord is able to carry out His will, and His will is mine. It makes no matter where he places me, or how." - Hudson Taylor Can I get an Amen? My "little" brother sent me that quote last week when I REALLY needed to hear it. Regan of course had no idea. All he knew is that his Asia-crazy sister likes Hudson Taylor! Hahaha. After this week I'll get to travel again out of the U.S. and get close to what has been my favorite place outside of the United States. How I need to be reminded.... "It makes no matter where...." Why? "His will is mine." Dear Lord, may that be true of us.

How Firm a Foundation

For right now I'm going to blog on both WordPress and Blogspot until I figure out how to follow everybody on both. Here's the lyrics to a song we sang a lot in Chamber Chorale. I love it.

"Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am your God, and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand."

"When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress."

"When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine."

"The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake!"