Blessed Be Your Name

The words of a well know worship song goes like this...

Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name
Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your nameOn the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, LordStill I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name

It's been a while since I last blogged. 

Everyday I've thought about it, but then something would come up and I would get 

distracted or something.  I guess if I'm really honest it's because I've been in a bit of a funk. 

It's been a tough season for me. I've had a lot of disappointments, a lot of heart break, 

lost a loved one, and have been angry at God quite a bit. Despite it all I am learning to 

still say,Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be your glorious name. 

It's funny. Part of me wants to totally minimize my hurt because I realize that it's not as

bad as other people. At least I wasn't engaged or married, at least I didn't get my hand 

cut off, at least I didn't  lose my mom or dad, at least my brother is just moving to Cincinnati. 

But I realize that if I minimize  how I am feeling then I can't receive the maximum comfort 

that the Lord has for me. It's a delicate balance though. I don't want to wallow. 

I want to press in, go deep and move on. There are that I feel paralyzed to make a 

decision and then moments where I just want to do what seems easy, fun, or

exciting.  But mostly there are just moments where I don't want to make any decisions at all and 

just have someone else make them for me. Not really an option. So, I will choose to wait on the 

Lord, who is close to the broken hearted and who knows the plans he has for me. I will choose to

sing Blessed be your name in the good time and the shitty times. I will stay connected with Jesus,

committed to community and challenged for the greater cause of the Kingdom. 

For the next 20 days I am praying and fasting. Join me if you like. 

It's a new season, it's a new day.