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Oh give thanks to the LORD for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!
Those whom he gathered in through the testimony of a public high school football coach many years ago. That young man and woman who wandered without truth. They cried to the LORD in faith and he delivered them.
He led them by a straight way through separate colleges and jobs.
He brought them back together to marry and stumble upon a Bible-preaching church.
Let us thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
For his wondrous works to the children of man!
He satisfies the longing soul
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
A daughter was born. Way too early. Way too small. Away from the safety of a hospital. Snatched from the floorboards of their car and taught how to breathe and eat with tubes and machines.
And she thrived.
Let us thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man.
From her birth she was a fool through her sinful ways, and because of her iniquities she suffered as she grew. Pride kept her from life.
One cold Wednesday night, she cried out to the LORD in her trouble. And He delivered her from her distress. He kept his word and healed what sin had broken and delivered her from death.
Let us thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
He satisfies the longing soul
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.
A daughter was born. Way too early. Way too small. Away from the safety of a hospital. Snatched from the floorboards of their car and taught how to breathe and eat with tubes and machines.
And she thrived.
Let us thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man.
From her birth she was a fool through her sinful ways, and because of her iniquities she suffered as she grew. Pride kept her from life.
One cold Wednesday night, she cried out to the LORD in her trouble. And He delivered her from her distress. He kept his word and healed what sin had broken and delivered her from death.
Let us thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Let us offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
She went off to college, and traveled on teams, and moved her life overseas. She saw the deeds of the LORD in these places, his wondrous works far from home. He commanded during those times and there were many troubles. Failing grades, brutal car wrecks, health scares a world away from home. Her courage melted away. She reeled and staggered and at times was at her wits’ end.
Then she cried to the LORD in her trouble, and he delivered her from her distress. He stilled, and hushed, and led her safely to the desires of her heart through all those things.
Let us thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Then the rivers of spiritual life dried up. Springs of water into thirsty ground. A salty waste. Sometimes because of sin. Sometimes because life. Seasons of darkness and discouragement. But to this day, always, in His time, He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
And she thrives.
Today she sows and plants and gets a fruitful yield through the work God has given her. By God's blessing she multiplies greatly and He protects her from want.
When she is diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow, He rises up like a father and a husband in her defense and raises her sometimes very needy soul out of affliction.
He creates a community for her to dwell in.
Through the testimony of his work in her life, many are made glad, and much wickedness is foiled.
Let us attend to these things;
Let us consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
Beth
She went off to college, and traveled on teams, and moved her life overseas. She saw the deeds of the LORD in these places, his wondrous works far from home. He commanded during those times and there were many troubles. Failing grades, brutal car wrecks, health scares a world away from home. Her courage melted away. She reeled and staggered and at times was at her wits’ end.
Then she cried to the LORD in her trouble, and he delivered her from her distress. He stilled, and hushed, and led her safely to the desires of her heart through all those things.
Let us thank the LORD for his steadfast love,
for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Then the rivers of spiritual life dried up. Springs of water into thirsty ground. A salty waste. Sometimes because of sin. Sometimes because life. Seasons of darkness and discouragement. But to this day, always, in His time, He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.
And she thrives.
Today she sows and plants and gets a fruitful yield through the work God has given her. By God's blessing she multiplies greatly and He protects her from want.
When she is diminished and brought low through oppression, evil, and sorrow, He rises up like a father and a husband in her defense and raises her sometimes very needy soul out of affliction.
He creates a community for her to dwell in.
Through the testimony of his work in her life, many are made glad, and much wickedness is foiled.
Let us attend to these things;
Let us consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
Beth
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