I teach 1-3 graders every Wednesday night. I love to teach!! To ask them questions, and see their faces light up when they know the answers. Not everyone gets excited, obviously, but it's always encouraging when you see the light bulb go on, and you know they understand. During this time I've been learning a lot of kids songs for the first time--it's so great!! One such song is "Do Right"--That song is great!! :) Whenever you learn a new song, I think you tend to look at the words more than if you've known the song for years and years. So, I've been thinking about the song "He is Able". Often we sing the song with kids, and we don't even realize what we're singing. He IS able to carry me through--He HAS healed the broken hearted, He HAS set the captive free, He HAS made the lame to walk again, and He HAS caused the blind to see. Fun song, but GREAT message too, no matter how 'simple. ' :) I am amazed at who my God is, the more I see of Him, the more I am amazed. I know my Lord is able to carry me through any circumstance in life--not only just to carry me through the 'hard and trying times', but also to plan those times knowing that that is what's best for me. So although there are things in life that are difficult--whether physical, relational--whatever! There can and should be joy in knowing that God knows.
A verse I read today in my devotions is Psalm 37:3:
Trust, lean on, rely on and be confident in the Lord, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.
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Thanks for drawing our attention to the work God is able to do in our lives. Since the time I read your post I have run across the song "He's Able" in several situations ranging from as mundane as singing the song in a group setting to as hopeful as a parent reminding herself of God's power while her small child fights for his life. In each circumstance I was prepared to focus on my God through that song because you had drawn our attention to the words.
Good thoughts,friend! Thanks so much for sharing them. It is true that we are so quick to forget what we are actually singing in ANY circumstance including kids songs!
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