Counting on His faithfulness

I have been thinking about turning my please to praise. I have wasted too much of my life saying "why," too much of my life saying "please take this from me." I am not saying it is wrong to have these conversations with God, we need to, he's daddy, so of course we're gonna tell him we are hurting, and of course we are going to ask him to put his band-aid on it and fix it. But what when He doesn't? He doesn't stop being God, and in those times I need all His Godness. I need His strength, truth, power, mercy, compassion, grace, love, tenderness, light, hope... This is what I know- He always works it out for good, He always has His hand in every situation, He is always for me, His love is immeasurable for me, I am His treasure, He delights in me, and even when I have been faithless He's always been faithful to me.

Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me

Morning by morning I wake up to find
The power and comfort of God's hand in mine
Season by season I watch Him, amazed
In awe of the mystery of His perfect ways
All I have need of, His hand will provide
He's always been faithful to me.

I can't remember a trial or a pain
He did not recycle to bring me gain
I can't remember one single regret
In serving God only, and trusting His hand
All I have need of, His hand will provide
He's always been faithful to me.

This is my anthem, this is my song
The theme of the stories I've heard for so long
God has been faithful, He will be again
His loving compassion, it knows no end
All I have need of, His hand will provide
He's always been faithful, He's always been faithful
He's always been faithful to me.

By Sara Groves