Monday, September 15, 2008

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Yesterday I woke up needing to go to church. I didn't want to go to Granbury CoC, since we are one of two couples out of 30 that are not currently pregnant or have 1+ children. It's been a struggle to go there since we've moved, but I've tried to be positive. But I knew I couldn't face another Sunday of people asking me if I had any kids, then categorizing me based upon my inability to have them regardless of my desire.
So, yesterday I woke up needing to go to church. I had been a hermit all weekend and it had been wonderful. It was hard to talk about the baby on the phone, I inevitably always started crying. But Sunday was different. I needed to be hugged. I needed to talk about my baby and my grief. I needed to physically feel support. So I nudged Brian and told him I wanted to go to Woodland West. And we then got ready in 20 minutes, drove the hour and made it to WW by the time the singing started.
Although there were a couple of hard times, I am so glad we went. I cried through most of the first few songs. But we were held, we were prayed for, we were blessed. I love my church family so much, it hurts going through this without their support every Sunday and Wednesday night. But I am so grateful we were able to be there today. Tom Norwood is quite possibly the greatest song leader I have ever heard and man was he killing me with the song service. It was a good feeling because even though I love to sing, I physically couldn't because of how much I was crying. So I listened and read the words and worshipped. Two of the songs really spoke to me, they were gifts from my Father to let me know He was thinking of me at that moment.
Here are the words of comfort God rained on me yesterday:

Great is Thy Faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

He is Able
He is able, more than able, to accomplish what concerns me today.
He is able, more than able, to handle anything that comes my way.
He is able, more than able, to do much more than I could ever dream.
He is able, more than able, to make me what He wants me to be.

And I just wanted to sincerely, gratefully thank you for all of your comments, emails, calls, cards, prayers of support and love. You have helped get me through one of the darkest days and I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for holding me up and carrying me through.

4 comments:

Andrea said...

Amy, it was so WONDERFUL to see you and hug you and Brian yesterday! Every time I see you, I realize what a void you've left at Woodland West, and I'm saddened that we didn't have more time together before you moved.

Reading your post gave me goosebumps. I totally and completely second what you said about Tom and felt so uplifted in worship yesterday and was in my own little place just pouring my heart out to God, but obviously the words I sang were from another perspective. To put the words of those two songs into the context of your loss and to feel the hope and the promise arising from those words made the hair on my arms stand up! And your great faith in the midst of your loss is such an inspiration, because I know you still hurt deeply. Thank you for sharing your faith with all of us!

P.S. I love your new template!

Maggie said...

could you email your new address to me @ magandkids@yahoo.com

LOVE you!

Jake and Tanya Wilson said...

I'm so sad I missed you Sunday! I hate missing church and now that I know how amazing it was... I feel really bad. :o) I miss you! I miss your laugh and smile....how everything is always more fun when you are here... hearing "ugh-uh" that you and the varneys do when you see/hear something retarded. Yea, I just miss you. :o)

Anonymous said...

"Strength for today, bright hope for tomorrow."

True words.

Isn't God awesome?

Please keep posting as your faith strengthens mine.