WHY?

Why

Snippet

“Assurance grows by repeated conflict. . . . When we have been brought very low and helped, sorely wounded and healed, cast down and raised again . . . and when these things have been repeated to us and in us a thousand times over, we begin to learn to trust simply to the word and power of God.  JOHN NEWTON

Scripture

When you pass through the waters,

    I will be with you;

and when you pass through the rivers,

    they will not sweep over you.

When you walk through the fire,

    you will not be burned;

    the flames will not set you ablaze.

For I am the Lord your God,

    the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. . .

the people I formed for myself

    that they may proclaim my praise. Isaiah 43:2,3, 21NIV

Song

Why Me by Kris Kristofferson

https://youtu.be/mBADk6dmGMI

Why me Lord what have I ever done

To deserve even one of the pleasures I've known

Lord, what did I ever do

That was worth lovin' You or the kindness You've shown

Lord help me, Jesus, I've wasted it so

Help me Jesus I know what I am

But now that I know that I've needed You so

Help me, Jesus, my soul's in Your hand

Try me, Lord, if You think there's a way

I can try to repay all I've taken from You

Maybe Lord, I can show someone else

What I go through myself, on my way back to You

Lord help me, Jesus, I've wasted it so

Help me Jesus, I know what I am

But now that I know that I've needed You so

Help me, Jesus, my soul's in Your hand

Jesus, my soul's in your hand

Sentence Prayer

God of our weary years,

God of our silent tears,

Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;

Thou who has by thy might led us into the light;

Keep us forever int he path, we pray.  Amen

James Weldon Johnson, 1921