Hi and welcome back to
Praise. I'm Kelly Mowrer.
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I was reading recently in
Jeremiah chapter 2 verses 12
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and 13 and this is God speaking,
and here's what he's saying:
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Be astonished, oh ye heavens,
at this and be horribly afraid.
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Be ye very desolate, saith
the Lord. For my people have
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committed two evils; they have
forsaken me, the fountain of
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living waters and hued them out
cisterns, broken cisterns, that
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can hold no water. Here
was something that was so
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incredible awful that it could
only produce great shock and
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and horror in anyone looking
on because God's own people had
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completely turned away from the
natural and free-flowing source
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of all abundance and riches
and worked themselves into the
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ground, chipping out of sheer
rock these broken containers
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that could hold nothing. And
they left what was not only free
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to them but would also fully
satisfy every desire they had
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ever had and instead they worked
at this hard physical labor to
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build something that would never
fulfill any need or provide any
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sense of satisfaction to them.
And so many times I have read
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this passage and I think all
of us can read certain things in
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the Bible and we can be tempted
to just shake our head and say
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How could those Israelites be
so foolish? Yet we never see how
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we're doing the same thing in
our own lives and we never will
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see it unless the Holy Spirit
opens our eyes. God is concerned
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with our physical weariness
and our never-ending worries,
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and our anxieties. He wants to
bring us peace and he wants to
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show us that even today in our
own lives we can be working away
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and chipping out broken cisterns
and seeking satisfaction apart
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from him and it will never hold
any water. Maybe we're trying
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to find peace and satisfaction
from our jobs or from money or
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from status or education, from
relationships, acquiring more
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and more things. None of these
things, however much they may
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temporarily gratify us, will
ever satisfy the longing of our
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hearts because what we hunger
for above everything else is
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relationship with the God
who made us and loved us with an
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everlasting love.
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Chasing of the
Wind Jennifer LaMountain
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Every heart is
filled with longing.
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to be free from all life's pain.
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Yet the search
through earthly pleasures
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always ends in vain.
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Only God who made the heavens
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can satisfy our souls.
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Apart from him
and all his meaning
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All things fail as they begin.
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And hearts
deceived can only know
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A chasing of the wind.
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All achievements,
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all possessions,
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these all with time
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return to dust.
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Only God can be our reason
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for deep and quiet trust.
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He will guard
us from the dangers
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that gladly make men fools.
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Apart from him
and all his meaning
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All things fail as they begin.
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And hearts deceived
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can only know
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a chasing of the wind.
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A chasing of the wind.
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Why do we live without Jesus?
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Why do we waste another day?
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He is the life that sustains us.
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The only hope for us today,
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So tell me, Why do
we live, why do we live
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without him?
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When the Holy Spirit opens
our hearts to begin to recognize
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the beauty of the treasure
that Jesus himself is to us,
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everything else that once seemed
desirable or valuable to us
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begins to just slowly fade away
and we realize that nothing but
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Christ matters.
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I am crucified with Christ,
Therefore, I no longer live.
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Jesus Christ now lives in me.
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I am crucified with Christ,
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therefore, I no longer live.
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Jesus Christ now lives in me.
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I am crucified with Christ,
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therefore, I no longer live.
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Jesus Christ now lives in me.
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I am crucified with Christ,
therefore, I no longer live.
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Jesus Christ now lives in me.
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Embrace the cross
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where Jesus suffered,
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though it will cost
all you claim as yours.
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Your sacrifice will seem
small beside the treasure
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eternity can't measure
what Jesus holds in store.
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Embrace the love
the cross requires.
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Cling to the one
whose heart knew every pain.
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Receive from Jesus
fountains of compassion.
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Only he can fashion
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our hearts to move as his.
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Oh wondrous cross,
our desires rest in you.
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Oh Jesus make us
bolder to face with courage
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the shame and disgrace
you bore upon your shoulder.
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Embrace the life
that comes from dying.
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Come trace the steps
the Savior walked for you.
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An empty tomb
concludes Golgotha's sorrow
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endure then till tomorrow
your cross of suffering.
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Embrace the
cross, Embrace the cross,
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the cross of Jesus.
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The noise in our lives today
can be pretty much overwhelming.
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First there are the actual
voices in our lives, they are
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voices of our family and
our friends and our co-workers
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talking to us, voices
from doctors or therapists or
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teachers and preachers. Next
there are the voices and the
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noise from television, cell
phone, FAX, texts, tweets and
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more. Then there is the
noise of the magazines and the
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newspapers and the books, all
this information coming at us
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and our ears and our eyes
and our thoughts can become
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overloaded with this bombardment
of noise. It drains our time and
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our energy and it leaves our
hearts empty. In God's loving
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desire to heal our fractured
emotions and our weary lives,
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Jesus calls us to step apart
from the noise. He calls us to
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peace and to be restored and
to return our hearts to their
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source and their center. He
calls us to be quiet and still
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in the presence of his love.
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Be still and know that he is God
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Be still and
know that he is holy.
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Be still, Oh
restless soul of mine.
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Stand before the prince of peace
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Let the noise and clamor cease.
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Be still and know that he is God
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Be still and know
that he is faithful
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Be still, Oh
restless soul of mine
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Stand in awe and be amazed.
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Know that he will never change.
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Be still.
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Be still and know that he is God
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Be still, be still.
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Be still and know that he is God
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Be still and know
that he's our Father.
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Come rest your
head upon his breast.
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Listen to the rhythm of
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His unfailing heart of love
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Beating for his little ones
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Calling each of us to come.
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Be still. Be still.
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Great is thy
faithfulness Oh God my Father.
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There is no shadow
of turning with thee.
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Thou changeth not
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They compassions, they fail not.
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As thou has been
Thou forever wilt be.
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Great is thy faithfulness.
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Morning by morning
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new mercies I see.
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All I have needed
thy hand hath provided.
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Great is thy
faithfulness Lord unto me.
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Pardon for sin and
a peace that endureth,
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Thine own dear
presence to cheer and to guide.
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Strength for today and
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bright hope for tomorrow,
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Blessings all mine,
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with ten thousand beside.
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Great is thy faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness.
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Morning by
morning new mercies I see.
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All I have needed
thy hand hath provided.
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Great is thy faithfulness
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Lord unto me.
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All, all I have needed
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thy hand hath provided.
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Great is thy faithfulness,
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Lord, unto me Oooo.
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My peace I give unto you,
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It's a peace that
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the world cannot give.
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It's a peace that the world
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cannot understand.
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Peace to know, peace to live.
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My peace I give unto you.
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My love I give unto you.
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It's a love that
the world cannot give.
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It's a love that the
world cannot understand.
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love to know, oh love to live.
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My love I give unto you.
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It's a love that the
world cannot understand.
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My love I give unto you.
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No matter what each one of us is
facing at any given point in our
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lives, Jesus comes to us.
He says, I have a gift for you.
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I have my peace in exchange for
whatever you're facing that is
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causing you anxiety or worry.
Sometimes we think of storms in
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the context of huge and
catastrophic events, but storms
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can simply be the noise of our
daily lives that crowd out the
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voice of God and come to steal
our sense of security and safety
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and rest. In any of the
situations we face, whether big
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or small, when we will come and
sit quietly in the presence of
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God we will find our strength
renewed and his peace will give
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us a restored ability to go out
and to serve him better and to
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serve each other more. And when
the hard times come we know that
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even though we don't always
see the answers, he is providing
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for us and will bring us safely
through because of his great
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love, his great care and the
fact that he has redeemed us and
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called us his own. We never need
to be afraid of the storms again
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All things work for our good
though sometimes we don't see
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how they could. Struggles
that break our hearts in two
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sometimes blind us to the truth.
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Our Father knows
what's best for us.
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His ways are not our own.
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So when the pathway grows
dim and you just don't see him
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Remember you are never alone.
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God is too wise to be mistaken.
God is too good to be unkind.
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So when you don't understand,
When you don't see his plan,
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When you can't trace
his hand Trust his heart.
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He sees the master plan and
he holds our future in his hands
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So don't live as
those who have no hope
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All our hope is found in him.
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We see the present clearly, but
he sees the first and the last.
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And like a tapestry,
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He's weaving you and me
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to someday be just like him.
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Oh. God is too
wise to be mistaken.
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God is too good to be unkind.
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So when you don't understand,
When you don't see his plan
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When you can't trace
his hand Trust his heart.
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He alone faithful and true.
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He alone knows
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what is best for you.
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For you.
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God is too wise to be mistaken.
God is too good to be unkind.
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So when you don't understand,
When you don't see his plan,
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When you can't trace his hand,
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Trust his heart. So
when you don't understand,
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When you don't see his plan,
When you can't trace his hand
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just trust his heart.
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