A Hymn for Him

On my list for the day was tackling a long neglected project.  For weeks (or perhaps even months) there has been a pile of song sheets on the floor of my computer room.  These song sheets are used to create folders for the musicians to use during our Sunday morning worship services.  For each song, there are four copies, one each for the piano player, keyboard player, song leader and back-up singer. My plan has been to create file folders for each song.  It seemed like a relatively easy task, but for some reason I kept putting it off. . .until today.

As I typed the song titles into the computer to be printed on labels, I found myself singing the first line or so of each song.  What wonderful messages made their way into my mind as my project continued:

         I KNOW GOD'S PROMISE IS TRUE

         I KNOW WHO HOLDS TOMORROW

         ISN'T THE LOVE OF JESUS SOMETHING WONDERFUL?

       

Then I reached  "IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL" and couldn't help thinking of my husband.  It was one of the songs sung at his grandfather's funeral, and has always been among his favorites.  With him on my mind, my thoughts wandered to the doctor appointment he faces tomorrow.  Having discovered a lesion on the back of his throat earlier this spring, our local clinic referred him to a specialist in Bismarck.  According to the dictionary, a lesion is "any abnormal or harmful change in the structure of an organ or tissue".  In this day and age, any mention of abnormality in the human body can lead to lots of speculation as to why it is there and what should be done about it.  My first response was to bring it before The Lord (who, according to Psalm 139, already knows all about it!).  I know the Bible says not to worry, but the human part of me was tempted to do so. . .until I kept on with the song list:

          JESUS WILL WALK WITH ME

          LORD, I BELIEVE

          MIGHTY IS OUR GOD

          SAVIOR, LIKE A SHEPHERD LEAD US

          STANDING ON THE PROMISES

          TRUSTING JESUS

          TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS

          VICTORY AHEAD

          WHERE HE LEADS I'LL FOLLOW

Suddenly I knew why it had taken so long for me to tackle this project.  Somehow, God knew I would need the reassurance hidden in these hymn titles to comfort me on the day before the doctor appointment.   Tonight I will rest easy, knowing God has every detail under His control.