Hast Thou Not Seen?

The words for the title of this post and this blog come from my all-time favorite hymn, "Praise to the Lord, the Almighty."  I think about this song a lot during the Thanksgiving season because it's a song of intense praise and acknowledgement of God's hand in our lives as well as his promises. It fills my soul when I think about all that God has done for me and the plan he has for each of this children, a plan that he has set up with the deepest love you can imagine.

My favorite scripture is Proverbs 3:5-6.

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct they paths."

These words ring so true to me, knowing that I can trust God has my best interest at heart, and that everything will turn out if I rely on him instead of my own finite understanding. I'm not very good at it. I'm very slow to trust anyone because humans make some pretty painful mistakes, and, even though I know God is perfect, I have a hard time handing my life over to him because giving up control is always a terrifying and personal thing. And yet, I know that I don't always see the whole picture and that things always end better when I trust him.

I forget that a lot though. I forget that he sees what I don't, that he is constantly offering me strength through his son, Jesus Christ, and that I have a potential to become more like him.

So, I'm not much of a blog writer, but I started this blog because I wanted to "ponder anew" the truths that God has given us as I study more of who my Heavenly Parents are and learn to more fully rely on them and become like them. The battlefield sometimes gets foggy, but light can be seen even in the thickest darkness. I don't claim any of my thoughts to be doctrine, but just things to think about while we all strive to stand firm against gathering clouds, our feet planted in Christ.

  1. " Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
    O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!
    Join the great throng,
    Psaltery, organ and song,
    Sounding in glad adoration!
  2. Praise to the Lord! Over all things he gloriously reigneth.
    Borne as on eagle wings, safely his Saints he sustaineth.
    Hast thou not seen
    How all thou needest hath been
    Granted in what he ordaineth?
  3.  Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy way and defend thee.
    Surely his goodness and mercy shall ever attend thee.
    Ponder anew
    What the Almighty can do,
    Who with his love doth befriend thee.
  4. Praise to the Lord! Oh, let all that is in me adore him!
    All that hath breath, join with Abraham's seed to adore him!
    Let the "amen"
    Sum all our praises again,
    Now as we worship before him."
    -Original by Joachim Neander, translation by Catherine Winkworth

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