Psalms of Praise, and my own personal song of praise.

So it has been awhile since i have blogged. Sorry yall, i just have been thinking alot lately and been extremely busy, however i am working on some more entries, and i when i get them the way i want them i will post. Anyways this post actually is about yesterday at church.

During SaLT group (or a variation on sundayschool that doesnt always happen on sundaymornings) anyways yesterday morning at Ashley and I's SaLT group we talked about Mary's Song, Zacharais's Song, and Simeon's Song in Luke chapters 1 and 2. So let me catch you up on our current study, it is a book called God's big picture, and we have been studying this for about two months and it is basically an overview of the whole bible tying together the storyline together to the overall arching theme of the bible "the Kingdom of God." Moreover, yesterday we talked about the three "psalms of praise" -if you will- in Luke and they all describe God's Soveriegnty and His promises and how He has kept his promises he made personally with each of them and then for God's people and ultimately all of mankind. Greg who "facilitated" the lesson in Walt's absence, had us thinkg of a few things that we can praise God for, modeling the three in Luke or just winging it.

I picked three topics i guess about HOW God has held me through everything and how He has guided me every step of the way. The three themes are My salvation and how He has held me close to Him in times of straying(on my part, as we all tend to do), the second is how He protected me on Feb. 5 at Union univeristy during the Tornado that ripped through Union's Campus that night, and the last of how GOD has blessed me with a wonderful wife and through her how he has made it possible for me to Declare His Glory to all Nations and simply how he has a plan for my life. Here is the poem or song or psalm because it really does not rhyme... and yes i have tweaked it a little to make it flow better because remember i only had like 5 minutes to write this down, however it is nothing like shakespeare haha. ok enjoy....

"The God of my Salvation"

"Praise the God of my Salvation,
the One who snatched me from the pit of my Sin.
Blessed is the One who brought me back to Him,
when I have strayed many times before.
Praise the One who held me under His wing on that bleak February night,
when all of life was literally spinning around me.
Praise be to You, O God,
the One who sustains me and gives me Life, Life everlasting.
I give thanks to You for my wife,
and the way You brought her into my life,
so that i can declare You glory in all the earth.
May I always remember Your Soveriegnty,
and rest upon Your Grace and Mercy.
All Glory, Honor, and Praise be to You,
The God of my Salvation."


So it is not the greatest, but whatever. I pray that GOD will recieve the Glory from this.

Well, yesterday when i read it to my SaLT group, I was overwhelmed with emotion. I do not know where it came from because as i was thinking and writing it, i was not emotional, however when i began the first line, I was overwhelmed at the thought of all HE has done for me, and i cried, not tears of sadness, but tears of JOY, undeservingness, and tears of Humility. Oh it was refreshing to think about OUR GOD's lovingkindess, soveriegnty, love, compassion, grace, mercy, peace, forgiveness, and so on. So i ask that you would do the same, when you have free time write a song of praise modeling the three songs of those in Luke, or perhaps from the book of Psalms, oh it was refreshing to do this. So i encourage you to spend time today with our Creator, praising him for being the GREAT I AM. praise Him because He is simply "I AM" what an amazing thought. Well i hope you enjoyed this and will take my proposition to heart. Thanks for reading and as always,

Let the Glory be His,
Kalep