We are having our first real taste of winter this week with brutal cold and several inches of snow tonight. After spending a couple of hours shoveling snow, I just can't seem to shut my mind down and get to sleep. I've tried for almost 2 hours to go to sleep, but my mind is racing and filled with all kinds of thoughts. I found myself thinking about 4 years ago this April when I had a close call with a 100% blockage in one of the major arteries in my heart. I had just shoveled out more than a foot of snow from our entire driveway and it was a miracle that I did not have a major heart attack at that time. That got me started thinking about the many different times God has watched over me when I should have been dead or at minimum seriously heart and/or crippled. I won't go into any of the stories, as they are not what is important. What IS important is that God has been faithful and very, very good to me down through the years. Through every trial and time of trouble, He has not only been there to bring me through, but he has brought me through stronger than ever.
As I have laid here tonight I have thought of so many things God has done for me and my family... so many blessings and absolute miracles. There are so many that it would take me a very long time to write them all out, and the truth is, I've probably forgotten as many blessings as I remember. That thought brings to remembrance and old song that I love. It expresses what really matters.
Let me share the words with you:
Life goes by, so much is past,
most things change, but some things last
So many days just slip away,
mellowing there like yesterday.
My mind forgets a million things,
places, dates, and names of kings
Only one memory stays new,
the day I gave my life to You
The things I've done, the things I've seen,
melt into a life long dream
And I become what I've gone through,
I am so glad I've been there with You
My mind forgets a million things,
places, dates, and names of kings
Only one memory stays new,
the day I gave my life to You
The day will come when I'm so old,
one more day will be like gold
And all the days I ever knew,
are measured by my life with You
My mind forgets a million things,
places, dates, and names of kings
Only one memory stays new,
the day I gave my life to You
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