God Gives The Song

 The holidays can be a bit melancholy for me at times. 3 years ago my mother died 2 days before Thanksgiving. Though it has been over two decades, my father died on the 5th of December. My husband's brother also died in 2018 in December. 

A piece of music I heard today on one of the blogs I read touched my heart. It reminded me that despite feeling down, God does reach out to us, He hears our sighs. He gives us strength to keep going.

Listen to God Gives The Song. See if it draws you closer to the Father as it did me.

The Response

As the beggar’s bowl fills up, he accepts what is proffered. Beyond acceptance, comes thanksgiving. Not always easy to do when the gifts are hard to swallow. What does God want from us?
Brother Lawrence reminds us: “He [God] does not ask much of us—an occasional remembrance, a small act of worship, now to beg his grace, at times to offer him our distresses, at another time to render thanks for the favors He has given, and which he gives in the midst of your labors, to find consolation with Him as often as you can. …The smallest remembrance will always please Him.”
In other words, He wants a love relationship and an acknowledgement of our need for Him. But we so often get caught up in the tasks of living, that we fail to pause to remember who has granted us life and is sustaining us. It takes a conscious effort to focus on the presence of God in our lives. This beggar needs to put the distractions aside more often and remind herself that God is always in the midst of His child thru His Spirit. There needs to be more remembering.