A JOYFUL NOISE

Many of you, my friends, go to Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg.   Those of you who were able to hear our prospective lead pastor preach this past Sunday, He taught on Psalms 23.   All of us, at one point have heard this Psalms and have probably memorized it.  We probably have heard it preached on as well.   But I have never heard it preached  in the fashion and depth he brought it this past Sunday.   As I sat there, hearing him, I sat absorbing the words spoke through him by the Holy Spirit; I wept silent tears as I was hearing him answer the question "How does the Lord answer our fears?"   So often, I've shared with you my fears and restless heart.  Why has my health been so deteriorating?  Why has there been no answers to all this pain, but just MORE pain and more issues coming up? Why did my grandmother have to die during the period of time when I wasn't feeling well at all and when traveling was ...

Words that hold so much meaning, so much value, so much depth to me over the past few months.  My heart has been so restless the past months..... but more so over the past few weeks.   Trying so hard to grasp the meaning and the truths it holds.   Oh, how much faith it takes just to praise God, even in trials.  It's the now that we need to look at; not the "then", it's not the "yesterdays",  and not the "what ifs"....it's RIGHT NOW,   Learning slowly.......