God’s ways are never our ways and His thoughts not our thoughts. When we think we can own the reins of our lives we quickly become weary and tired when things don’t go our way. Well, that may be because that is not God’s plan for our lives.
We must learn at all times to trust God’s process no matter how slow it may be. It’s better to be slow and long-lasting than quick but short-lived.
Love this song. Hope it ministers to you as it did me.
I remember singing this hymn as a teenager with very few ‘cares’ and perhaps not really relating to the lyrics as I do now. With so many issues of life staring at us in the face, it is very easy to complain, worry and become hopeless. However, we must remind ourselves constantly that we do have many things to be thankful for. What you have in abundance is someone’s miracle!
When you are tempted to groan in complaint,
Count your blessings.
When you think you should be farther in life than you are,
Count your blessings.
When it seems what you have is small compared to your neighbour’s,
Count your blessings.
When life’s expectations are not met by your standards,
Count your blessings.
When you are surmounted with the cares of this world,
Count your blessings.
When what tomorrow holds fill your mind with worry,
Count your blessings.
Yes, if you can name your blessings,
Go ahead and name them.
Some people don’t have what you have,
What you have is their own answer to prayers,
That’s why you have to count your blessings.
There is one name that is higher than any other name. Higher than the name of any sickness, problem, addiction or situation. That name is Jesus! At that name, the knees of any issue bow. This song is one I love and it speaks to me every single time I listen to it.
If it bothers you and you can’t sleep, pray.
If it makes you fretful and you are so down, pray.
If you don’t know what to do about it, pray.
If you’re indecisive about what to do, pray.
If your mind doesn’t settle even when you think you’ve made the right choice, pray
If you’re at a crossroad, not knowing where to turn, pray
If it seems all hope is lost, pray
If it doesn’t work as you desire, pray
If you’re broken and distraught, pray
If you’re tired of going on, pray
If you feel like giving up, pray
Whatever it may be,
Wherever it may be,
Whoever it is about,
Pray!
This song has always ministered to me. God steps in right at that moment when we really want a need met. All He’ s asking is ‘what’s that you have in your hands?’. Once you release it, just get ready for a floodgate of increase and abundance. Be blessed!
Our lives are full of needs that we want God to meet. These needs could be healing for ourselves or a loved one, it could even be school admission for ourselves or our kids or it may be that your present need is to meet the ‘one’ so you can finally settle down to start a family. Others may have all the above but need money for the tuition fees, a new job to be able to support the family adequately or even a better accommodation to bring up the children in a more spacious place. The truth is that we all have needs and as our faces are different so also our needs are.
LYRICS
My life is in Your hands, my times are in Your hands
Though nations shake and thunders roar
I will trust in You completely
I yearn for more of You, Your grace alive in me
My life is nailed to hands that bled
In this love my soul is free
Many a time, we find ourselves wanting to be true ambassadors of Christ and reach out to our world for Jesus Christ. We yearn to preach the gospel, win souls for Christ and get these people to be firmly rooted in the Word of God.
All these things are so good however if all we do is let our talk do the ministration and not our lives then we may face hostility, non-acceptance and closed doors from those we want to reach out to.
Our lives are what many are reading and our attitudes are what most watch. It is for this reason, we should let our lives be the ministration and our talk, the accompaniment.
Your life speaks more than your words!
God help us all!
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