What a week!

Songs can have a big impact on our lives and for me this week I had a song that kept running through my head.  It was The City Harmonics song "Praise the Lord"  here are some of the lyrics;


"Praise the Lord when it comes out easy
Praise the Lord on top of the world....

Praise the Lord with the world on your shoulders
Praise the Lord when it seems too hard....

 Praise the Lord ‘cause in every moment Jesus Christ is Lord
Even in the middle of the long, dark night
There is always grace enough today to
Praise the Lord.....

 Won’t you praise the Lord?
There is grace for today so praise the Lord"


Wow,  that was just what I needed to hear.

 I begin the week by doing a number of follow up calls to churches and contacting some new ones, hoping to line up some new opportunities to share about our ministry with MAF.  Some were positive but a number already have their missionaries they support and were not looking to expand.  Don't read this wrong.  We are always excited to see churches involved in missions and passionate about reaching out to the world with the Gospel, supporting missionaries in their work around the world.  It's just hard when that is the most common response when we too are looking for support.
But this song kept playing through my head.

"Praise the Lord when it seems to hard..
There is grace for today so praise the Lord"

Yes even though it can be discouraging at times as we seek out new ministry partners, we are to praise the Lord in every circumstance.  And that is what I did.  Praise Him for what He is teaching me through this process, Praise Him for those who have already a part of our amazing sending team.  Praise Him that even when we are discouraged, He is faithful and in control.

Then today we received our weekly report from the MAF office notifying us of new donors this week.  And I was blown away with the amount of new ministry support.   Again the song came to mind, but this time the words, "Praise the Lord when it comes out easy, Praise the Lord on top of the world...."

So it has been a good week.  But it would have been a good week, even if it had only been the hard times, because instead of wallowing in the discouragements I chose to praise the Lord.  That perspective makes any week great.  

  "Praise the Lord 'cause in ever moment Jesus Christ is Lord" 

~~ Sarah