Learning Thai

Our Great God
by Fernando Ortega

Eternal God unchanging
Mysterious and unknown
Your boundless love unfailing
In grace and mercy shown

Bright seraphim in ceaseless flight
Around Your glorious throne
They raise their voices day and night
In praise to You alone

Hallelujah
Glory be to our great God
Hallelujah
Glory be to our great God

Lord we are weak and frail
Helpless in the storm
Surround us with Your angels
Hold us in Your arms

Our cold and ruthless enemy
His pleasure is our harm
Rise up O Lord and he will flee
Before our sovereign God

Let every creature in the sea and
Every flying bird
Let every mountain every field
And valley of the earth

Let all the moons and all the stars
In all the universe
Sing praises to the living God
Who rules them by His Word

I was listening to this song during my devotions the other night and thinking about how I've never been more aware of my own frailty or God's greatness in my whole life. It can be easy to get depressed and overwhelmed here when i think about the extent of the darkness and the number of lost people in this huge city. I am so thankful that God's greatness and not my weakness is what counts. In "My Utmost For His Highest", Oswald Chambers says, "We should quit asking ourselves Am I of any use? and accept the truth that we are really not of much use to him. This issue is never of being of use, but of being of value to God Himself. Once we are surrendered to God, he will work through us all the time."
The holidays have been a more challenging time for me emotionally. Please pray for joy and peace for us during this time when we feel the reality of being away from home and family. We are excited about our Christmas plans to travel up north to Chiang Mai and spend some time in the (hopefully) cooler north. In the meantime we've hung some paper snowflakes, put up our manger scene and are singing Christmas songs wtih the girls, despite the 90 degree heat!
-Candice