I can't stop singing Matt Redman's 10,000 Reasons. The first time I heard it was in church two weeks ago. We had a Service of Praise because we were celebrating the miraculous return of a local three year old boy that had been kidnapped from his bed. I heard it again last Sunday, and I have been humming it since. I can not remember the last time a song has had this kind of hold on me.
Now I don't know if many of you are like this, but I am the type of person that will be really into the music of a song but have no idea what it even says. Several times I've found my self singing along to a super catchy, slightly raunchy song and then have to do a double take because I had never paid attention to the lyrics before.
What ever may pass and whatever lies before me, Let me be singing when the evening comes
I downloaded it this week and really focused on the meaning of this beautiful song of praise.
No wonder I was tangled up in it! It is amazing how God speaks to you even when you are not fully listening.
I have been in such a negative place lately. I HATE uncertainty. It makes me a nervous wreck, but that has been the status of my family's future since December. I know everyone thinks we are crazy for picking up and heading to Canada for Rusty to work, and they are right. We are insane, and I have been letting those thoughts consume me to the point that I have not been a very loving wife or patient mother...forget about dutiful servant of the Lord.
I recently regaled two of my best friends with a long ventfest/pity party about how we have no certain plans right now and how angry/scared that makes me, and they reminded me that my Worst Case Scenario for the future is that I get to be with my husband and child while we work toward a better future for our family. God has a plan for us, and He is greater than anything I can worry about.
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing, 10,000 reasons for my heart to find
I am starting to believe the Lord brought me here to pull me away from hundreds of distractions and to set my heart on fire. I think He is as tired of me being luke-warm as I am.
I hope you will hold me accountable for singing a symphony of His praises rather than the cacophony of complaints that usually roll out of my mouth. I would like to start by doing a weekly "segment", if you will, listing some of the 10,000 reasons I have to praise Him.
10,000 Reasons Week One: I praise you Lord for your wisdom in my ignorance for your strength in my weakness. I praise you for the healing power of music and good friends. I praise you for answer prayers I haven't even prayed yet.
And, I praise you for this face and the joy it brings me everyday.
And on that day when my strength is failing, The end draws near and my time has come
Soon my soul will sing your praise un-ending, 10,000 years and there forever more
10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman. Check it out.
