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A Morning View By the Wood Stove

This old Southern Gospel favorite song was in my ears this morning as I got up out of bed. It is such a reminder that not matter where you are day to day, night to night that God is with us. No matter the moment, on top of the mountain, in the deepest valley life has to offer or somewhere in between, God is with us. 

I will never understand why God is willing to love just me. I am so undeserving of such a great gift, but God does love me. God loves me right where I am. That is the greatest comfort I can ever know. I will also assure you that as God loves me right where I am it is not a stopping point because God is going to help me grow to realize that there is so much more than the moment. 

God On the Mountain by Tracy Dartt

Life is easy, when you're up on the mountain

And you've got peace of mind, like you've never known

But when things change and you're down in the valley

Don't lose faith, for you're never alone


And the God on the mountain is still God in the valley

When things go wrong, He'll make them right

And the God of the good times is still God in the bad times

The God of the day is still God in the night


We talk of faith when we're up on the mountain

But talk comes so easy when life's at its best

But in the valley of trials and temptations

That's when faith is really put to the test


And the God on the mountain is still God in the valley

When things go wrong, He'll make them right

And the God of the good times is still God in the bad times

The God of the day is still God in the night

The God of the day, is still God in the night


“How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.

    They cannot be numbered!

I can’t even count them;

    they outnumber the grains of sand!

And when I wake up,

    you are still with me!”  - Psalm 139:17-18 NLT


Peace,

PB

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