BLESSED BE YOUR NAME…

Blessed be your name
In the land that is plentiful,
Where the streams of abundance flow
Blessed be your name

Blessed be your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be your name

Every blessing you pour out,I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name
Blessed be your name

When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's all as it should be
Blessed be your name

Blessed be your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be your name

Every blessing you pour out,I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say Lord,
Blessed be your name

So there is this song called blessed be your name that I am rather fond of…(the lyrics are obviously typed above) and last week sometime I was just really thinking about the words in the song…and I just thought how often do I truly bless Christ’s name…do I thank Him during the tough times? And during those tough times am I reminded of Him and do I draw closer to Him or pull away from Him? How quick am I to praise the Lord? When I am down, sad, upset, frustrated, irritated, selfish, worried, overwhelmed, when things go wrong…do I trun back to praise Him and thank Him for those times..the hard times and the good times?

And then i thought again about my feelings towards others of anger, resentment..and I want to hold onto them because I can control those feelings and its easier to hold onto them than truly give them to the Lord because if I do that then I have to forgive people for things….and some people have been soo very hurtful and harsh with their words and I stuggle with that a lot..i see the aftermath and the effect on the person’s spirit and it’s not fair …but all I can truly do is pray for that individual and ask for the Lord’s grace…

So the song says…you give and take away…my heart will choose to say ..
And I think it is a choice…and that choice lies in thanking God for good times and bad times…do you see Him in the hard times? Do you give this hard times fully ove rto Him to turn to good?…and to bless? It is so much easier for me to hold onto negative thoughts, harsh words, feelings of resentment than to fully submit them to God to transform and bless!!