Retrospect

So Glad

Bannister/Elliot/Christian/Grant

`I had made some mighty plans

I thought I held them in my hands 

Then my world began to crumble all away

Tried to build it back again 

I couldn't bear to see it end

How it hurt to know, You wanted it that way..

But now, I'm so glad, glad to find the reason 

And I'm happy-sad, that You've torn it all away

Yes I'm so glad ..

..Cos, once I held it in my hand

It was a kingdom made of sand 

and now you've blown it all away

I can't believe that I can say

That I'm glad'

***

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts

neither are your ways my ways"

declares the Lord

"As the heavens are higher than the earth

So are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts"

Isaiah 55:8-9

NIV

Refine

Through it all

Shawn McDonald

...My heart still yields

in fire and heat

the rise and fall

somehow You love me through it all

..no deep, no wide, no hurt, no fight

no life, no death, no tears, no pain

could separate me from Your love'

***

``... I will refine them like silver and test them like gold

They will call my name;

 and I will answer them

I will say `They are my people' 

and they will say `The Lord is our God'  ``

Zechariah 13:9
NIV

Lifted

Carry You

A Grant

`Lay down your burden 

I will carry you

I will carry you, my child

my child

 `Cause, I can walk on water,

calm a restless sea

I've done a thousand things you've never done

I'm really watching while you struggle on your own

call my name, I'll come

Lay down your burden I will carry you

I will carry you, my child'

***

`I will be your God 
through out your life time
Until your hair is white with age.
I made you and I will care for you
I will carry you along and save you'

Isaiah 46:4
NLT

Assured

Abide with me- Henry Francis Lyte

`I wait quietly before God,

for my victory comes from Him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my fortress where I will never be 

shaken'

Psalm 62:1-2

NLT