My Hope is Built

I love the Hymn, "My Hope is Built". I am So glad that my help is from above. With the storms that we face in our personal lives, at our jobs,  our country and everywhere in between, it's good to stand on a solid foundation and know that he is the rock, the anchor and he will protect you in all things.

So many times we put our hope and our trust in people on this earth. While it's good to trust and have friendships, those people will let you down. They are human.  Humans make mistakes, they mess up, they do things out of spite. People may betray you, talk about you, hurt you physically or emotionally or leave you, but the Lord, he will never leave or forsake you. He is the one and only one that can be completely trusted.  He is perfect and good. On Christ is where my hope lies, where I will stand and in whom I trust with all my heart.

My Hope is Built

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

Refrain

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

Refrain

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.

Refrain

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

Thankfully Blessed

I can't believe it's November already. It doesn't seem possible. Yet here it is. I love this time of year. November & December when we start to prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Planning for what is to come. And my kids, the joy and happiness to hear them talk about Christmas and what's coming up. Today my daughter, who is 3, started singing Jingle Bells. I couldn't help but smile. Even tho it doesn't seem like it should be time to sing Christmas carols yet, I thought how blessed I am.

How blessed am I? Well, if you look at material things you may not think that I have many blessings. But you can't go by looks. I have the Lord and the wonderful salvation that he gave me, my wonderful husband and beautiful kids, Gods love, mercy, grace & forgiveness, a great family, a roof over my head, food and the list goes on. I wouldn't trade anything for my blessings.

I am not bragging. Just thinking about how truly thankful I really am for all that God has done for me. We have gone thru, are going thru and probably will go thru many happy times, trials and struggles. Through it all the Lord has always been there. It's not always easy and there is so much I don't understand, but I always have someone to walk with me and help me thru. For that I am so very thankful and feel so very blessed.

All the blessings that I have been given come from above. He has trusted me & my husband with so much. After all, isn't that what blessings really are? They are things that God has entrusted us with. Things he has given to us. Even the trials, God turns into blessings. I can't begin to list all that I am thankful for, there isn't enough space. The Lord knows my heart tho and he sees what I can't always express. I owe everything to him. For all these things, these gifts, I am truly thankful.