Last week as we were hanging out with our village (fancy name for a small group of people that intentionally interact with each other and the Bible and how it impacts our day to day life) from church to talk about the sermon from Sunday, the question was asked, "Do you have an experience where your vertical relationship with God affected your horizontal relationship with a person in your life?" Need I say that Karl and I turned towards each other, caught each other's eye and burst out laughing?! I proceeded to say, "Why yes, yes I do have an experience to share."
A few from our group had read the previous blog about our time in Cabo but I filled in the others who had not. We even had some of those good-from-the-gut laughable moments as I shared and Karl filled in with his antics. As I was sharing, it dawned on me....Had Karl actually been saying for this for the last several months yet I just wasn't getting it?! I asked him after we were done sharing and he kindly smiled at me and nodded his head. Apparently, I need a 2x4 to wake me up sometimes! A little "self-righteousness" and "self-absorbed" thrown at me will also do. AHH! I get it. Thanks, honey, for helping me wake up! For helping to draw me back to Jesus as the One who is the Righteous One, who is the Lord and who gives His glory to no other.
It's a mystery sometimes how blind I can be. Then again, no, no it's not. I've fallen short of God's glory - He's the perfect one. I am not. Ten-four - Roger that! A song we sang in church tonight (yes, we meet at 5 pm on Sundays - it's awesome!! P.S. I adore sleeping in on Sunday mornings and getting to spend the morning with my husband!) yes....back to the song, it's called "Never Once" by Matt Redman. The lyrics really meant something to me tonight:
Standing on this mountaintop
Looking just how far we’ve come
Knowing that for every step
You were with us
Kneeling on this battle ground
Seeing just how much You’ve done
Knowing every victory
Was Your power in us
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Yes, our hearts can say
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Kneeling on this battle ground
Seeing just how much You’ve done
Knowing every victory
Was Your power in us
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Yes, our hearts can say
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Never once did we ever walk alone
Carried by Your constant grace
Held within Your perfect peace
Never once, no, we never walk alone
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Every step we are breathing in Your grace
Evermore we’ll be breathing out Your praise
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Looking just how far we’ve come
Knowing that for every step
You were with us
Kneeling on this battle ground
Seeing just how much You’ve done
Knowing every victory
Was Your power in us
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Yes, our hearts can say
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Kneeling on this battle ground
Seeing just how much You’ve done
Knowing every victory
Was Your power in us
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Yes, our hearts can say
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Scars and struggles on the way
But with joy our hearts can say
Never once did we ever walk alone
Carried by Your constant grace
Held within Your perfect peace
Never once, no, we never walk alone
Never once did we ever walk alone
Never once did You leave us on our own
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Every step we are breathing in Your grace
Evermore we’ll be breathing out Your praise
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
You are faithful, God, You are faithful
Yes. He is faithful. He can be nothing but faithful. It's His character and He doesn't change. I've been thinking about the motto of our wedding, the phrase we put on the magnets we gave our guests - a reminder that our marriage is "For His Name's Sake."
He never left us on our own. Even as we struggled to understand each other. Even as I just wasn't getting it. Even as we kept hitting wall after wall. As I poured out my heart to God these last several months asking Him to change me because I just didn't know what else to do and in the midst of that wondering where He was because I just wasn't seeing the change...He was faithful. It may not have been in my timeline but in His time. He is faithful. Never once did He leave us alone.
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