Recently I helped a former student do a project for a gifted and talented class (if you know me is a far stretch for me). For part of the project he had to think of three songs that help define him and produce the lyrics and describe why. I am not very knowledgeable of songs and certainly not their lyrics, but also we worked together to come up with two. He is very close to his family so I come up with We Are Family and he choose You Are My All and All, a praise and worship song—first of all WOW for a 6th grader to choose that---- but it gave me the thought to come up with one for myself in my life right now. We sing lots of awesome songs at church that can draw me into a musical worship of Christ. The one, though, that has stuck for right now and I listen to it almost daily is Never Once by Matt Redman. This song, I think is a great description of our life with Christ yesterday, today, and tomorrow. I need to know and be confident that I am not walking this life on my own.
I do believe that for every step of my life, He has been with me. I do not always understand it. There are times when I am disappointed with it, but I can believe that he has been there. I can look back and see that. I can look and see how he has been merciful to me, how he has provided for me, how he has carried me and loved me tenderly and how he has disclipline me justly. I know that there will be scars and struggles that will come and would come even if I would not be venturing into this next season of my life, but I am certain that this next one will have discouragement, disappointment, expectations will be stricken, and that there will be days when I will questions what I have done. I am sure there will be tears, because I do that sometimes.
BUT
I know in all this I will not walk alone. I believe that God ordained these days to come. He knows what will happen before I do. He knows the fun things that will happen, the situations that will be stressful and I will need help from others. I am sure that I will mess up because I do that often anyways, but I constantly amazed by God’s sweet grace and am looking forward to praising him though this season.
Never Once
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
