MTC #175 - So Easy to Forget

Rehearsal and the broadcast today were fairly uneventful--in that there was nothing out of the ordinary that occurred. It never ceases to amaze me, though, how many people come to listen to us sing, both on Thursday nights and on Sunday mornings. Some come in quickly, move their way up to the front and immediately take out their cell phones to snap some pictures. Others walk in more slowly, perhaps with a lot on their minds or with heavy hearts. They take their seats and keep their eyes glued on the choir. Then there are some who come in, listen a bit, and leave not long after. I'm grateful for any and all who decide to even spend a minute with us. Hopefully they leave feeling like they got what they came for. 

Today's music had a lot of wonderful lyrics. I could probably write pages on how they all made me feel and what they made me think about. But there's one passage in the first song we sang, that caused me to ponder on the simple but sad fact that we all tend to forget. I'm not talking about forgetting where we put things or forgetting about an event we had scheduled to attend. I'm talking about forgetting about lessons life has taught us. Forgetting about blessings God has given us. Forgetting about things we've learned once upon a time that we felt in our hearts to be true. Forgetting we've received answers to prayers or peace in our hearts during hard times. And then, when more hard times come or we get upset because things don't seem to be going our way (but feel they should), we are quick to complain and slow to remember. 

From the song "Thou Lovely Source of True Delight":

Then even as my comforts droop
And sin and sorrow rise
Thy love with cheering beams of hope
My fainting heart supplies.
But ah! Too soon the pleasing scene
Is clouded o’ver with pain
My gloomy fears arise between
And I again complain.

I've been guilty of forgetting lately and this song helped remind me of that human fallacy. If God, in His great love, has helped me in times past--even when (and especially when) I've been treading in rough waters, then why wouldn't He continue to help me now? It's not in His character to forsake any of His children. WE are HIS work. And God doesn't get distracted or take any detours from giving us what we need. Especially (and particularly) when we are doing our best to REMEMBER HIM.

I, for one, want to hang on to those "cheering beams of hope". 
You are welcome to join me.

Until next time, God be with you.