Great is Thy faithfulness

This hymn suddenly came to me today. Interestingly, it had been a long while I hadn't sung this hymn.

I'm still struggling with my funding and I have spent a long time today searching for new opportunities which I can apply for. Then in the evening, this hymn came to me and I simply started with "Great is Thy faithfulness, Great is Thy faithfulness". I couldn't remember exactly how this song goes so I checked it online and started to sing it.

O God my Father! How sweet when I called Him "my Father".

In my lifetime so far, I have thought thousands of times that, if I had a dad, my life can be so much easier. However, when I sang "O God my Father", I immediately sensed a deeper presence of God.
He's my Father, who "changest not and there's no shadow of turning with Him". Such a wonderful One, is my Father.



"All I have needed, Thy hand hath provided.". It might not make much sense since I haven't really physically received a funding. However, I just felt the need to praise Him. There's an assurance that I have received whatever I have needed. He's watching over me, and this dear One is my Father.

"Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth". Yes, I was discouraged by who I am and thought my Father won't be able to like me again. But it was not true because He became the pardon for me, so through Him, my Father can receive me again as long as I apply His precious blood.  

"Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!" Thank You Lord, O God, my Father for who You are.

Earlier on  I was thinking an interesting question. Why people need to eat so many times a day? It's very tiring to do grocery shopping and cook. Why people can't work for a long time and they must rest? If I can rest less and don't feel tired, I can be more efficient (hopefully)? And, why I have to experience the lack of funding and don't know where my future will be? 

Then I thank Him. These are all opportunities for us not to depend on ourselves, for us to learn we human beings are limited so we have no choices but to turn to God. Dear Lord, thank You although my life isn't perfect at all, You are faithful still. You are still using these opportunities to show who You really are to me. I love You.