Never once....

Never once...

Every time we sing the Song, "Never Once", by Matt Redman, I tear up and sometimes can't finish the song...not out of sadness but gratefulness mingled with sadness...
Yesterday, we sang it again, or attempted...at the beginning and the end of the service on the topic of "overwhelming loneliness".

As the movers are scheduled to arrive this week, my house is packed boxes with trails through them, my little dog not wanting to leave my side, the refrigerator on countdown, the cupboards all but bare....I face another change...I feel the loneliness creeping in and I don't want it to...

I moved here five years ago, broken, alone, widowed, almost an orphan- with one parent passed and another one on the way....I did have wonderful children and their families as support, but they, too, were broken and hurting...from all the changes and loss...God was faithful, even when we didn't "feel" it...we had His under girded strength and peace when we drew upon it...days were rough, waiting for the phone the ring saying it was all a dream...ambushes of memories, tears of grief, anger at the situation, denial that this was happening or had happened....but, slowly, oh so slowly we climbed out of the pit of despair...

There are still times of overwhelming sadness, tears...
I have attended and facilitated the Greifshare workshops, even written a book on my grief journey which is finding a home into many widows hands...

But, now again, there is change...a move to a new community, new home, new opportunities ....and I need to face the challenges of choice...how do I assimilate into this new area...knowing that "never once do we ever walk alone..."

Thank YOU for the deep hearted reminder that YOU, the creator of the universe, are faithful, constant, ever present ....caring...

"Never once..."  Godtube.com,   http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=WYWYYWNX

Job 14:7-9 “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.

Walking into the unknown was always duffcult, no matter your age or circumstances....Irene Hannon , "hope harbor"

Never once-lyrics...

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
Your are, You are faithful, God, You are faithful

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