No matter what? My husband has a new favorite song right now; it's by Kerrie Roberts and it's called No Matter What. The song has spoken so deeply to him while he is going through a tough season of life!

I’m running back to your promises one more time, Lord that’s all I can hold on to, I gotta say this has taken me by surprise, but nothing surprises you. Before a heartache can ever touch my life, it has to go through Your hands, and even though I, keep asking why, I keep asking why,

No matter what, I’m gonna love You, no matter what I’m gonna need You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not,if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what, no matter what.

When I’m stuck in this nothing-ness by myself, I’m just sitting in silence, there’s no way I can make it without Your help, I wont even try it. I know You have Your reasons for everything, so I will keep believing, whatever I might be feeling, God you are my hope, and you'll be my strength,

No matter what, I’m gonna love You, no matter what I’m gonna need You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what, no matter what.

Anything I don’t have You can give it to me, but it’s ok if You don’t, I’m not here for those things, the touch of Your love is enough on its own, no matter what I still love You and I’m gonna need You

No matter what I’m gonna love you, no matter what I’m gonna need you, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain but if not, if not, I’ll trust You, I know that You can find a way to keep me from the pain, but if not, if not, I’ll trust you, no matter what no matter what no matter no matter what

What a thought, do we love Him no matter what? I want to, I need to,so my prayer today and tomorrow and the next day will be that I trust Him no matter what! Be encouraged that He is in control and nothing happens by surprise, so lean on Him fully because we are His! Praise God!

Well it's been a long time since I have been able to post and I am glad to know that I will be able to now! It's winter time and we just added a new puppy to our family at Christmas, so early morning post might be the way to do this! So much has been happening in the last year and I see God's hand working daily!

Yesterday in Sunday School, Tony taught the story of Elijah's dealings with the false prophets on Mt. Carmel. In this story which is so rich for us to look at centuries later, we see ourselves in Elijah; one day full of zealous ambition and the next day running for our lives. But the thing I took away at the end of the lesson is the two vivid pictures of God in this account.

Elijah had asked the Lord to make Himself known and great to these false prophets, so that all would know who the One True God is and with supernatural power God did just that! Nothing less than what we would expect of Him in the Old Testament. We see Him as the transcendent God that He is! But the next picture of Him that we notice is the personal God that He is; when at his lowest Elijah needed this transcendent God, his own God, our Father showed up in a gentle way, revealing Himself to Elijah in comfort and peace. I love that about our God! How do I see Him today? Do I expect that He can answer in the powerful way He did at Mt. Carmel? Do I know His gentle love toward me in my despair? I know that I want to know Him in both of these ways and I want to know Him in so many more ways!

Lord help me to know You today, throughtout my day, may I respond in a way that says that I recognize You're with me! For the sake of the kingdom!