Our God Is In Control

To my Nigerian friends - please remember God is faithful. We do not know his plan. But I believe that He promises that nothing but good will ultimately come out of any suffering here on earth. You have all been on my heart today. Your stories have touched many at our church and in our community.

To Daniel - I'm sorry about your son. I did not know. I'm glad there is promising news for you. I'm praying for you.

For the readers of this blog please see Erika's blog - Notes from Nigeria postings of November 2nd and 19th. Daniel works at Faith Alive Hospital. He is a wonderful person who not only speaks passionately about his faith but lives it every day. His son has a hole in his heart that cannot be fixed in his country.

I heard this beautiful song by Steven Curtis Chapman. I'd like to share the words with you. It is from his CD "Beauty Will Rise". I heard this song just when I needed it. All the songs on this CD are beautiful, inspirational and speak to his true feelings as he worked through his tragic loss.

Our God Is In Control

This is not how it should be

This is not how it could be

But this is how it is.

And our God is in control.

This is not how it will be
When we finally will SEE

We'll SEE with our own eyes

He was always in control

And we'll sing Holy, Holy, Holy is our God.

And we will finally, really understand what it means.

So we'll sing Holy, Holy, Holy is our God

While we're waiting for that day.

This is not where we planned to be

When we started this journey

But this is where we are.

And our God is in control.

Though this first taste is bitter

There will be sweetness forever

When we finally taste and SEE

That our God is in control.

And we'll sing Holy, Holy, Holy is our God

And we will finally, really understand what it means.

So we'll sing Holy, Holy, Holy is our God

While we're waiting for that day,

We're waiting for that day,

We'll keep on waiting for that day

And we will know our God is in control.

(Holy, Holy, Holy is our God)

Our God is in control

(Holy, Holy, Holy is our God)

And our God is in control

Teresa Pompa