Great is Thy Faithfulness

by Peggy B.

Did you ever have a whirlwind in your mind and heart? (Silly question, hm?) Me too, right this very minute.

I guess having your baby move into her own apartment, in Seattle no less, coming home to the house you’ve left in chaos AND bringing your (tidy) mother-in-law home for a visit will do that to you.

Given these things, this is what has been swirling around in my mind for the last few hours:

“Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,

There is no shadow of turning with Thee;

Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not;

As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,

Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide;

Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,

Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand has provided-

Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!”

(Hymn, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” by Thomas O. Chisholm

Written in 1923, based on Lamentations 3:22,23)

Father, thank you for your faithfulness, even when I am a mess! Thank You for loving me just as I am. Create in me a heart of joy and praise, not BECAUSE of circumstances, but because You are ABOVE circumstances. Help me to see your mercies that are new every morning. Amen

PS. Thanks for my mother-in-law, without whom I wouldn’t have my wonderful husband