This morning on the way to work I was listening to David Crowder...”Joy and pain, sun and rain, You’re the same, Oh You never let go.” Last night in our youth leaders meeting Chuck shared with us from Psalm 136. We read it out loud responsively from The Message. I’d encourage you to read it out loud yourself. This morning as I was writing my mom back in response to an update she sent, this is what came to mind...What a gracious God we have who grips us with his steadfast, covenant-deep, lovingkindness. His love never never quits.
When things are going well
His love never quits
When my mom had her biopsy
His love never quits
When she believed for God to heal her
His love never quits
When she talked to the doctor and found out she had breast cancer
His love never quits
During Christmas when I was there
His love never quits
When we had to learn to use words like cancer, chemo, radiation, oncology...
His love never quits
When we all had meltdowns
His love never quits
When she was encouraged
His love never quits
When we all cried
His love never quits
When we couldn’t sleep
His love never quits
When she agonized over her decision
His love never quits
When people continued to ask how my mom was doing
His love never quits
When we were so afraid
His love never quits
When I bought a plane ticket
His love never quits
When I saw the sunrise from my window seat on the plane
His love never quits
When my mom had the lumpectomy
His love never quits
When people prayed for her and for me
His love never quits
When my mom was so chatty after surgery
His love never quits
When I had to say goodbye
His love never quits
When she was brave for the radiation
His love never quits
When Kate went to see her
His love never quits
When we all waited and waited and waited
His love never quits
When I had to teach Deuteronomy 7
His love never quits
When God met with me on the Katy Freeway
His love never quits
When his Word didn’t seem to true to my eyes
His love never quits
When I crawled into his lap and looked into his face
His love never quits
When we heard 9% chance of it coming back
His love never quits
When we realized that meant 91% chance it WON’T
His love never quits
When my mom waits again to talk about chemo
His love never quits
When Kate and Zach did a little devotional last night
His love never quits
This morning
His love never quits
2 comments:
WOW! powerful! what a deep, contemplative friend I have!
I've been blog stalking you for a while now via Nicole Reynolds. I love what you write! Thanks for all the encouragement and just fun stuff...and the stuff like this post that lets us get to know you --your sweet personality and strong faith.
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