Thankful Thursday

This year for Teen Camp we drove 14+ hours north to The Bill Rice Ranch in Murfreesboro, TN. That camp week was a tremendous blessing to my heart this year as we listened to wonderful, Godly music and dynamic Bible preaching from Dr. Alton Beal, Dr. Bill Rice, Tim Thompson and Matt Downs. I’ve said many times that we brought home a completely different youth group than the one we left with, that, in itself, was a major encouragement and blessing to see our kids making decisions to live in light of eternity. I have been enjoying the camp CD and playing through the choir books that we purchased ever since. One song really ministered to my heart this morning as I was just struggling (do you ever do that? have a day that is just a struggle?) I think the name of this song is “You Comfort Me” but I’m not 100% sure. What I’m sharing here is the second verse and chorus. Enjoy!

“Daily gleaning from Your Word,

Seeking truth today.

Knowing that in every trial

You will lead the way.

Teach me Lord to trust in You,

You will faithful be

Trusting that You’ll light my way

You will comfort me.

 

You are the God of all comfort,

You are the one I can talk to.

You are the Healer of wounded hearts,

Searching the hidden parts.

"You are the giver of all things,

You are the reason that I sing.

You’re my everything,

You comfort me.”

 

~Bex

Thankful Thursday - Music

Music has always been a great comfort to me and I’m always amazed how God brings to mind verses and songs that convict, encourage and heal my soul right when they are needed most. I’ve had a couple different songs that have been taking turns being stuck in my head but one of them in particular went almost hand in hand with Kenny’s message to the teenagers last night.

Kenny did a a two part message about serving the Lord. This week he asked, "Who are we?" In 1 Cor. 4:1 – It says we are ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. The basic idea here was that since Christ purchased my freedom from the slave market of sin I now have the choice to continue in sin, which would displease my Savior, or to follow and serve Christ with my life. Also, as a Christian I am to be a "steward of the mysteries of God," meaning that once I learn something in scripture(the mysteries of God) I am responsible for it, I’m to obey it and I’m supposed to share it with others.

Now for the song, its actually a little chorus in the Wild’s  book called: All I Ever Want To Be. Here is how it goes:

All I ever want to be is what You want of me, Lord;

I give my life to You.

And all my hopes and dreams and plans I place with-in Your hands, Lord,

and give my life to You.

Here am I, Lord, use me;

take my life and mold me.

All I ever want to be is what You want of me, Lord;

I give my life to You.

And all my hopes and dreams and plans I place with-in Your hands, Lord,

and give my life to You.

I learned this song from a girl I went to Africa with and it has really stuck with me ever since. It reminds me a lot of a professor I had at Ambassador, Dr. Childs, he always said live life with your hands open, palms up, for God to take away what you don’t need and fill with something better. How much happier would I be if I place my "hopes and dreams and plans" into the hands of the One "who holds tomorrow."

…sorry about all the song lyrics throughout this post, its the music in me :)

Blogging about Blogs

Do I have any piano teachers reading? Well if you teach piano or know someone who does you need to read Nickel Notes!

Nicole and I went to Ambassador Baptist College together, as a matter of fact we even were in Piano Pedagogy together! She has a wonderful blog about teaching piano and lists several good recourses for music, games and worksheets. She also has a lot about keeping your stuff organized and making your own teaching aids to fit your particular needs as a teacher. I hope you’ll give her blog a look~see!

Here are some of the posts she has done recently to spark your interest:

Valentines Resources

Making Your Own Worksheets