How Great Thou Art

We sang this song this morning at church. Here are all the lyrics, if you're interested. But, here's the chorus.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!

This song is one of my personal favorites. It's been sung on many different occasions in my life.

The first occasion that comes to my mind is our wedding day. To help us focus our attention on the reason we were all there, Curtis and I had "How Great Thou Art" sung corporately. The song beautifully depicts how thankful we were to God for bringing us together, in his great goodness.

After that, it was sung at Curtis' mom's funeral. What a true statement on how she felt about her savior! The song now had bitter sweet memories for me. The final verse was especially poignant.

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"

During the service when Elizabeth was baptized, we sang this song. As I held my first child, I was in awe of how great God is, and how great his love for me is.

And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.

Today in church we sang this song. Today's service was bitter sweet. We were joined together as a family, worshipping our Savior. But at the same time, we were together as a family struggling with everything that has happened to a very dear family in our church body.

I realized that it is not until I look at the greatness of God, that I can find total and complete comfort in Him. So much of what has happened seems so unimaginable, and so out of control. But God is great! And even when we don't understand, and even when it's hard to find the joy, we can cling to the promise that God is great. He has done great things, and he will continue to do great things in the lives of those who love him.

Please continue to pray for the Andersons. Tomorrow there will be more tests run, to try to give a more accurate prognosis for Knox. In all this, we know that God is great. And we know that everything will work for our good and His glory!