Moving Karen's Parents

We are heading out to Del Norte to help Karen's parents with their move back to California. We will be back on Monday evening, Lord willing. Until then I won't be sharing any news about our situation--Check back on Tuesday. Until then I wanted to share with you the lyrics to a song that has taken on special meaning for me at this time in my life. I have heard it recently on the radio, sang it last week at the pastor's retreat and sang it again today at a pastor's brunch I went to. I think the Lord is trying to get the message through to me--and it's working because I get emotional each time I sing it! Hope you enjoy it too.


Blessed Be Your Name
by Matt Redman
album: Where Angels Fear To Tread (2002)

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Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be Your name

When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name