As I was shaving my gleaming dome this morning, I was pondering this whole "scare" factor that is just obsessing so many people. While I was thinking about this I found myself humming a tune to a hymn. Now, this may sound weird to you guys out there, but a lot of times I find myself unconsciously humming, whistling, or singing a song that relates to what's going through my mind at the time. God often gives me a song during the most stressful of situations. This happens all the time to me. When I realized I was humming this morning, I stopped to figure out what the song was. Here are the lyrics:
Verse 1
O God our Help in ages pastOur Hope for years to come
Our Shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal Home
Verse 2
Under the shadow of Thy throneStill may we dwell secure
Sufficient is Thine arm alone
And our defense is sure
Verse 3
Before the hills in order stoodOr earth received her frame
From everlasting Thou art God
To endless years the same
Verse 4
A thousand ages in Thy sightAre like an evening gone
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun
Verse 5
Time like an ever rolling streamBears all its sons away
They fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the op'ning day
Verse 6
O God our Help in ages pastOur Hope for years to come
Be Thou my Guide while life shall last
And our eternal Home
Just what I needed to be reminded of. Later this morning, I found myself singing a Twila Paris lyric, "God Is In Control", the same song that I was humming unconsciously on 9/11/2001:
Chorus 1
God is in controlWe believe that His children
Will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will choose to remember
And never be shaken
There is no power above
Or beside Him we know
Oh God is in control
Oh God is in control
Verse 1
This is no time for fearThis is a time for faith
And determination
Don't lose the vision here
Carried away by the motion
Hold on to all
That you hide in your heart
There is one thing
That has always been true
It holds the world together
Verse 2
History marches onThere is a bottom line
Drawn across the ages
Culture can make its plan
Oh but the line never changes
No matter how the deception may fly
There is one thing
That has always been true
It will be true forever
Bridge
He has never let you down
Why start to worry now
Why start to worry now
He is still the Lord of all we see
And He is still the loving Father
Watching over you and me
Watching over you
Watching over me
Watching over ev'rything
Watching over you
Watching over me
Ev'ry little sparrow ev'ry little king
Oh, oh, ev'ry little king, oh
6 comments:
The song "God is in Control" has been going through my mind lately. I love that song. Don't we serve an "Awesome God"?
Great post! Thanks for the songs! Thank God our hope is not in Washington D.C.-Jason Baker
I know exactly what you're saying. It's almost as bad as Y2K. People I'm acquainted with seem to think the world will come to an end the moment Barack Obama is named President (not that he will be, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least).
All morning I listened to "Under Control" by Gold City,..."remember God has it under control, God's almighty hand is still in command, so rejoice in your soul, for it's under control..." What comfort faith in God brings in troubled times!
~Shanna~
How grateful we all need to be that God is in control! I often wake up singing and have to continue singing until I know what song it is. Shelby
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