A Simple Truth

It truly is a time for Thanksgiving! God has not only done so much in my life this year, but he has illuminated his truth to me time and time again. What a privilege to have and to hold on to his word. It never ceases to amaze me that you could read a passage of scripture nine times and on the tenth time the eyes of revelation open to new insight!

This past week my wonderful friend and piano teacher, Sarah, gave me an assignment. The assignment was to write a song of thanks in the key of E. She just loves to stretch me as this is two weeks in a row now that she has given me the same assignment but in a different key. Stretching is good...if you never stretched you would never grow!

I looked up relevant chords in the key of E. I taught myself how to play them. And I waited...no song...and I waited...no song. I prayed, I read. Nothing happening!

Last night (mind you my lesson is today!) I figured I would open up the Psalms in the 60's - there must be something there I could use in a song of thanks. What beautiful words from several different chapters and verses I penned on my note pad. I was truly excited as I thought, now I have some beautiful words to sing to the Lord! I sat down and began to plunk my new E chords and I humbly have to admit that these words of great treasure just weren't fitting. Now I was frustrated and ready to give up.

But God has not called me to give up, so I just continued to play the chords. Words began to flow from my lips of praise. They were not the words that I had expected, and at first I didn't see how they fit the assignment of writing a song of thanks. Yet as I continued to sing my praises to the Lord with the revelation I was receiving from him, I became ever so thankful.

The song that flowed from my lips expressed the simple truth, that it is for His glory that he created me. The truth I knew in my head, became a reality in my spirit. Assignment finished, and ready for my next lesson today. I am ever so thankful to God for his simple truths!