How great Thou art

Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee, How great Thou art! How great Thou art!

There are too many things in my heart about yesterday to get down on "paper." I was overwhelmed with the number of people at the reception last night, I was overwhelmed by the gifts we received, I was overwhelmed by the sheer joy of the day, by the sadness of the day, by the love of the day. If you had any part in our celebration yesterday, thank you is inadequate, but it's all I have. Thank you.

I think the part of the day I dreaded the most but was actually quite wonderful was the commissioning itself. I worried about the emotion of that, of the laying on of hands, that John wouldn't be able to sit. But, as in all things, God had every aspect of that covered. The thing that I really liked (and didn't know ahead of time) was that Alan had those who have worked with us closely come up first--our FLG leaders, choir leaders, etc. I didn't know this until afterward, but all of the guys came out of the sound booth to be with Marc. You cannot imagine what that means to us. To be surrounded by those who are close to us...an unspeakable joy. To look around, to see those faces, to feel those precious hands upon us as they sent us off...I can't tell you the peace and calm that brought to me. And then to be able to get up and sing, "Holy Spirit, rain down..." I believe He already had. Hallelujah. Amen.

I think what strikes me the most this morning is how good God is. I felt very peaceful for most of the day. I prayed for peace...and He showed up with all the peace I needed. I prayed for joy...and His joy that surpasses understanding washed over me. Over and over and over, He gave me more than I needed. He is worthy of whatever I give to Him and so much more. Above all, I think that He was glorified. That is my prayer. If you were there, if you heard Alan tell even the smallest portion of our story, if you heard me sing songs that are so special to me--I pray that what you walked away with was not that I or Marc or the kids are the story here, but it is our huge God, who took really ordinary jars of clay and has done something marvelous in our lives. And you know why? Not because we are great or wonderful, but because we said, "Yes." Yes without condition, without holding back, without hesitation (not counting, of course, the many years we ran from Him). If you will only say yes to Him, to His purpose, His plan, I promise you will be amazed at the way your life falls into place. This is not the plan I had for my life, but I must tell you this--it's far better than anything I could have come up with on my own. But I had to say yes to it in order to receive His best. Say yes to Him today.

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. (Proverbs 19:21). Hallelujah. Amen.

Blessings to you and yours!
His,
Kellye