Faithful

If there's one thing that has been proved to me in the last 2 months, it is that God is faithful. We have been blessed by so many gifts, meals, cards, etc, but there was one night when I started to worry about one thing in particular. I don't even know if I had the energy to pray about it...but the next day my non-existent prayer was answered by two separate people. God had perfectly (and I mean perfectly) answered my need, even though I didn't have the strength to ask Him to provide.

God is faithful.

On Friday night I had a little "moment" - it just seemed like everything was too much, that it was too hard to cope with. On Saturday, Marcus and I received a very generous gift from a group of friends. It was unexpected, and reduced me to tears when we opened it. I wasn't crying because of their generosity (although we were both truly touched and blown away), but because it was like that gift came straight from God. A not so subtle reminder that He can and will provide.

God is faithful.

I had finished writing this post, when a delivery from some dear friends arrived: some flowers to add cheer to our day, and remind us that we are loved. 

God is faithful.

I wrote about a Steven Curtis Chapman song in my post Dance Among the Ruins, and I'll probable write about many more in the future. After the death of his daughter, he wrote a song called Faithful. I love it because it shows how we can know God is faithful even when we're struggling.

I am broken, I am bleeding

I am scared and I'm confused

But You are faithful

Yes, You are faithful

I am weary, unbelieving

God, please help my unbelief

'Cause You are faithful

Yes, You are faithful

I will proclaim it to the world

I will declare it to my heart

I'll sing it when the sun is shining

I will scream it in the dark

You are faithful!

You are faithful!

When you give and when You take away

Even then, still Your name is Faithful

You are faithful!

And with everything inside of me

I am choosing to believe You're faithful

I am waiting for the rescue that I know is sure to come

'Cause You are faithful

Yes, You are faithful

I've dropped anchor in Your promises

And I am holding on

'Cause You are faithful

God, You are faithful

Though I cannot have the answers

That I wanted to demand

I'll remember You are God and everything is in Your hands

In Your hands You hold the sun, the moon,

The stars up in the sky

For the sake of love You hung Your own Son on a cross to die