December 3, 2007

• I am reposting part of my Mother's Day blog.  At that time I dedicated it to my sister-in-law, Merilyn.  Today I rededicate it to her as she begins treatments again. Please join me in praying for her and her family. Last night she and I talked over the phone and I learned "Through It All" is a favorite song of hers.  
  
  Yesterday afternoon I sat down to listen to the Gaither CD, "Give It Away", with the Gaither Vocal Band.  When I first saw the DVD on TV I was very drawn into the message of the song, "Through", with Guy Penrod as the soloist and Gaither Vocal Band backup.  I've been up early and had that on repeat.  I realize my relationship with the Lord and 'making it' in my life has been because of this core knowledge that God loves me, He is there for me, and He'll see me THROUGH every difficult situation as well as joyous times.  His grace is sufficient.  He knows every hair on my head.  He knit me together in my mother's womb, and kept me knit in when I could easily have been miscarried considering my mother's health.  There have been various songs through the decades that have conveyed that message to me.

  My THROUGH song for the decade of 2000 is
  
  Through
  by Gloria Gaither, William J. Gaither, and Michael Sykes

  When I saw what lay before me
  "Lord," I cried, "What will you do?"
  I thought He would just remove it
  But He gently led me through
  Without fire, there's no refining
  Without pain, no relief
  Without flood, there's no rescue
  Without testing, no belief
  Through the fire, through the flood
  Through the water, through the blood
  Through the dry and barren places
  Through life's dense and maddening mazes
  Through the pain and through the glory
  Through will always tell the story
  Abba God who's power and mercy
  Will not fail to take us through

  During the mid 90s amidst a lot of fibromyalgia pain I found the song Through Every Storm (sung by Janet Paschal) to be such a comfort and lifting of my arms in the battle.  In 1996 when Glen and I produced "Songs of Grace - music to sustain", a CD and tape project, we included that song.  If you click the title it goes to a web site where you'll hear Janet singing that song.

  In the 70s and 80s my standard song on the theme Through was Andrea Crouch's song "Through it All".  Here are the words to that old song.  Yes, trust in God and dependence on His word are so essential.

  Through It All
  by Andrea Crouch

  I've had many tears and sorrows,
  I've had questions for tomorrow,
  There've been times I didn't know right from wrong:
  But in every situation God gave blessed consolation
  That my trials come to only make me strong.

  Through it all, through it all,
  I've learned to trust in Jesus,
  I've learned to trust in God;
  Through it all, through it all,
  I've learned to depend upon His Word.

  I've been to lots of places,
  And I've seen a lot of faces,
  There've been times I felt so all alone;
  But in my lonely hours,
  Yes, those precious lonely hours,
  Jesus let me know that I was His own.

  Through it all, through it all,
  I've learned to trust in Jesus,
  I've learned to trust in God;
  Through it all, through it all,
  I've learned to depend upon His Word.

  I thank God for the mountains,
  And I thank Him for the valleys,
  I thank Him for the storms
  He brought me through;
  For if I'd never had a problem
  I wouldn't know that He could solve them,
  I'd never know what faith in God could do.

  Through it all, through it all,
  I've learned to trust in Jesus,
  I've learned to trust in God;
  Through it all, through it all,
  I've learned to depend upon His Word.

  May this THROUGH message be a strong message to you, mother, today!
  
  **Today I dedicate this blog to my sister-in-law, Merilyn, who has been going THROUGH health issues this spring.  He has given her incredible peace through her surgery and strength needed for the treatments since then.  I am believing He will keep giving her, and her family, the daily strength and peace that is needed.

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