The Solid Rock overcomes the crumbling country

The election of 2012 reached its conclusion 4 days ago---and it was not the outcome I had hoped for. I have experienced such a deep sense of loss and felt such overwhelming sadness---emotions that I did not expect to feel over a presidential election.  On Wednesday, I decided to basically disconnect from the world because I simply needed to clear my head of anyone else's ideas or opinions regarding the aftermath of the election.  Thinking through all the ramifications  could wait a day or two.  Instead, on this day, I filled my mind with worship songs (thanks to the amazing Travis Cottrell for providing me with the perfect song list).  This turned out to be just what I needed.

In one song, he sings " Your name, Your name, Jesus your name will endure....Blessed be the name of the Lord"  

 Thank you,  Lord, that you are the ultimate ruler...and your reign will last Forever!

 In another, a centuries old hymn, I heard these words of encouragement:

Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of Creation
Oh my soul praise Him,  for He is my health and salvation
All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near
Join me in glad adoration
Praise to the Lord Who o'er all things  so wondrously reigneth
Shelters thee under His wings,  yes so gently sustaineth
Has thou not seen how all thy longings have been
Granted in what He ordaineth

 Thank you,  Lord, that there is nothing in my life that your Hand does not touch and that all I need you will provide.

 Still another:

"Blessed be your name when I'm found in the desert place , though I walk through the wilderness
blessed be your name."

 Thank you, Lord,  that I can still trust you and bless your name, even when I don' t understand  why things are going the opposite direction of where I wanted them to go.

 And, as if I needed any more reminders of where my strength and hope is to be found, this amazing song brought it home in a big way.:

"In Christ alone my hope is found  He is my life, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid rock
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled and strivings cease
My comforter, my all in all  Here in the love of Christ I stand
On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand."

 Thank you, Lord, that your great love can still all these fears rolling around in my head. When everything is else around me is shaking and uncertainty abounds, you are the immovable force in my life.

 Needless to say, my day improved considerably. I am still deeply concerned about  the direction this country is heading and deeply saddened that my children will now have to grow up in a very secular society. I wonder how this will affect them and their desire to follow after the things of God when nothing in their culture and likely only a few in their circle of friends will point to the Bible as their source of truth for life.  It all seems too much for me to take in.  And actually, it is TOO MUCH for me to handle.  But, thanks be to God that I serve the ONE who promises to take these burdens from me.
So glad I decided to disconnect. Even more glad I took the time to reconnect and refuel with words that bring Life to my soul.

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