Welcome!  Hymns have been and continue to be a real source of inspiration to me.  My desire in this blog is to share special hymns with my readers hoping that the words will minister to them, especially in times of great personal need.  If one of these hymns ministers to you, please take time to leave a comment so that I know that my blog is helping others as much as it helps me. Sometimes I will also provide a link where you can go to hear the hymn played.  So, please join me here each week and sing along as we praise God together.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

TRUST HIS HEART



        How do you react when you face the unexpected challenges of life which suddenly appear in our lives and wear us down?  Often, as much as we try, we can't  seem to find the answers or directions.  And, sadly, we often think that God has abandoned us and our reactions can range from panic, to doubt, and often to complaining.  We know that we should trust the Lord, but when you can't see the future or control it yourself, that isn't always so easy. We know verses like Proverbs 3:5,6 and we know that the Lord has never failed us, but we still stumble on, often discouraged and depressed. Unfortunately, I must say, "been there done that."  But we must remember that our God is all-knowing and wise and we should be able to trust His heart.  After all, we are His workmanship.  He has made us and has a plan for our lives. And our God is good and loving and that should even help us more to trust His heart.  The words of this week's song choice were popularized in 1989 by Christian singer-songwriter Babbie Mason who with Eddie Carswell wrote "Trust His Heart". In an interview, Mason said the song was influenced by a North Atlanta pastor who "became inspired by the words that Charles Haddon Spurgeon had coined in his writings, 'God is too wise to be mistaken. God is too good to be unkind. And, when you can't trace His hand, you can always trust His heart.'"  God wants you to trust His heart even when you don't understand His plan for your life. Trust HIS heart, not your heart. Trust HIS wisdom, not your wisdom. Trust HIS way not your way.  Know that His heart will never take you where His grace cannot take care of you.  Now, as I write this blog, I realize that it is often easy to give advice to somebody else even when you have not faced the same challenges.   But it is often much more difficult to claim that advice for your life and for the challenges that you are facing during tough times.  "Dear Lord, when the challenges of life come and we are overwhelmed, help us to remember ... we see the present clearly, but you see the first and the last ...  You see the master plan and You hold our future in Your hand ... and when we don't understand, when we don't see Your plan, when we can't trace Your hand ... may we trust Your heart.  Thank you Lord!"

All things work for our good
Though sometimes we don't see 
How they could
Struggles that break our hearts in two
Sometimes blind us to the truth

Our Father knows what's best for us
His ways are not our own
So when your pathway grows dim
And you just don't see Him,
Remember you're never alone

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His Heart

Trust His Heart
He sees the master plan
And he holds our future in His hand,
So don't live as those who have no hope,
All our hope is found in Him

We see the present clearly
But He sees the first and the last
And like a tapestry He's weaving you and me,
To someday be just like Him

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His Heart

He alone is faithful and true
He alone knows what is best for you

God is too wise to be mistaken
God is too good to be unkind
So when you don't understand
When don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His Heart

When you don't understand
When you don't see His plan
When you can't trace His hand
Trust His Heart

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

I just found your blog and I think it is wonderful. My father was a pastor and didn't earn much so with 5 children he was not able to give us an allowance but he did find creative ways that we could earn a little spending money. When we got old enough to read he offered to pay us 25 cents if we could memorize a hymn. I loved to sing so I memorized a lot of hymns and at 70 years old I still remember a lot of them. They are a great sense of comfort to me and a reminder of God's care and provision. Your blog just adds to that by providing the stories behind some of the hymns I have learned. Keep up the good work.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing such wonderful messages with us each week! You may never know about it but sometimes those words will make its way to someone somewhere needing to hear just that!
I really appreciated this message and hymn you shared this Sunday because going trough a faith-testing experience in my personal life those are truths that I keep repeating to myself latterly...
"All things work for our good...Though sometimes we don't see How they could...",
"Our Father knows what's best for us, His ways are not our own",
"God is too wise to be mistaken",
"He sees the master plan, And he holds our future in His hand"
"..don't live as those who have no hope, All our hope is found in Him"
"When you don't understand,When you don't see His plan,When you can't trace His hand...
Trust His Heart"
Amen.

Your reader from Brazil.