Give Me A New Idea

Circumstances will not change...no matter how hard I wish them away or pray for them to go away. 21 hours of school and everything else in my life just won't go away that easily : )

And yet, in the midst of this - I honestly don't want my "circumstances" to just ~poof~ and go away! I need to learn from them and trust the Lord in the middle of them. Which is why I am asking the Lord to "give me a new idea."

I was reading in Streams in the Desert the other day and was thoroughly refreshed by the poem that was shared. It reminded me that "if I see God in everything, He will calm and color everything I see!" My trouble won't easily go away, but He will "surround me with songs of deliverance" (ps. 32:7). Hmmm...one thought was shared that really stuck out to me that I want to "to see Him and to be sure that His widsom and power never fail and His love never changes, to know that even His most distressing dealings with me are for my deepest spiritual gain." As I go through this difficult semester - I just pray that the Lord would use my time, energy and means available to me right now for His purposes. That I wouldn't be selfish in this process nor that I would complain about the work load. Rather, I want to see and seek and know and find all that God has for me in this trying semester - TO SEE GOD IN EVERYTHING!

"Give me a new idea," I said,

While thinking on a sleepless bed;

"A new idea that'll bring to earth

a balm for souls of priceless worth;

That'll give men thoughts of things above,

And teach them how to serve and love,

That'll banish every selfish thought,

And rid men of the sins they've fought."

The new thought came, just how, I'll tell:

'Twas when on bended knee I fell,

And sought from HIM who knows full well

The way our sorrow to expel.

SEE GOD IN ALL THINGS, great and small,

And give HIM praise whatever befall,

In life or , in pain or woe,

See God, and overcome your foe.

I saw HIM in the morning light,

HE made the day shine clear and bright;

I saw HIM in the noontide hour,

And gained from HIM refreshing shower.

At evening, when worn and sad,

HE gave me help, and made me glad.

At midnight, when on tossing bed

My weary soul to sleep HE led.

I saw HIM when great losses came,

And found HE loved me jsut the same.

When heavy loads I had to bear,

I found HE lightened every care.

By sickness, sorrow, sore, distress,

HE calmed my mind and gave me rest.

HE'S filled my heart with joyous praise

Since I gave HIM the upward gaze.

'Twas new to me, yet old to some,

This thought that to me has become

A revelation of the way

We all should live throughout the day;

For as each day unfolds its light,

We'll walk by faith and not by sight.

Life will, indeed, a blessing bring,

If we SEE GOD IN EVERYTHING.