Great is thy faithfulness!

Usually when we put the girls down we always turn on a CD in their room. Something soft enough to put them to sleep but loud enough to drown out the noise. When we bought our homeschooling curriculum this year it came with a CD, something like 25 Classical tunes. I am not by any means a classical music type of person. With that said I also have never been a hymn person either. I never consistently went to a church until middle school, and by that time the hymn books were gone and contemporary was in! So you can imagine my lack of knowledge when it comes to hymn lyrics.

During the day instead of turning the players off like we probably should, they continue to play through the songs giving the girls freedom to dance, or sing (to the veggie tale CD in the babies rooms). For the last two days, I've had the tune of the hymn "Great is thy faithfulness" in my head and could NOT figure out why! Finally, it dawned on me that the Classical CD was on Repeat for ONE song only! The song had a tune similar to "Great is thy faithfulness." and my mind must have caught on and been singing it the whole day! So me, lacking in knowledge of the words and only hearing the song in passing on occasion was all over the place!

"Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, Warning by warning new Thursday's I bring. All I have given you, and I've provided, Great is thy faithfulness, God unto me!"

haha! Then there was...

"Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faith-ful-ness great is thy Faitfulness. Great is they faith-ful-ness great is thy faithfulness. Great is thy faith-ful ness, great is thy faithfulness!"

Haha! You can only imagine my husband's reaction (he was raised up in traditional baptist churches) when he realized what I was TRYING to sing, and what was actually coming out! HAHA! (I'm seriously having a hard time typing this without laughing right now). So my poor husband sang it to me several times, and I thought I had it down until 1am came and our youngest (10weeks) wouldn't stop crying. So here I am bouncing her on my leg next to my husband and all the sudden he hears me sing....

"Great is thy faithfulness, Great is thy faithfulness, hmmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmm.....Great is thy faith-ful-ness great is thy faithful....Great is thy faithfulness...great is thy faithfulness!" HAHA!

But guess who fell asleep!

While I am sitting here writing this I actually had to go look up the REAL words on google....

"Great is Thy faithfulness, Great is Thy faithfulness,
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!"

Boy was I off! Or was I? See this week I've really been seeking God and wanting something more intimate with him than I've had in the past. My husband and I started reading the book "The Christian Atheist" by Craig Groeschel. In one chapter he talks about how you can know the depth of your intimacy or lack of it by the way you address God! So I started thinking....Random people who don't know me might call me "Mrs. Cooper." People who are friends might call me "Toneka." My parents, sisters and sometimes husband might call me "Neek." And my husband might call me "honey, babe, or sweetheart" WOW, what do I call God?

Well ever since I was in 5th grade and read the book "Are you there God, it's me Margaret?" That is exactly how every prayer I say starts out...."Are you there God it's ME TONEKA!" Okay NO, I'm not kidding! haha! Anyways that got me thinking...this guy is onto something! I've always felt I had a close relationship with Christ, but how close or intimate have I actually been with him?

So in realizing this I've decided to address God more intimately by choosing a name each week to call him according to what is going on in my life, what he is teaching me, or what I need him to show/teach me. So this week "Great is thy faithfulness" is definately something I know I need to remember. I get caught up sometimes in things that I've prayed for, for prolong periods of time, and start to get so discouraged I havent gotten an answer yet; that I forget all about all the other blessings he has given me. So this week I need to remember that "GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS" or "El Emunah" meaning The Faithful GOD! Or "Are you there my loving and faithful God, it's ME Toneka!"