Life is filled with challenges for each of us, some large, some small, and some in between. Some of my challenges right now:
• One of my best friends is dying and I can’t even be with her
• Living with the Complex PTSD, as ever
• Not having enough time with my boys, who are quickly becoming men, and I will soon see even less of, I’m sure
• The little wrenches fibromyalgia throws into my days (especially the fatigue)
• Our kitties have tapeworms and won’t eat the food that I mixed their medicine into
• The laundry, which for just two people, seems to multiply like bunnies in the night…
So you see, some challenges are bigger (One of my best friends is dying! And I can’t see her!). Some are smaller (Ah, laundry, laundry. But hey, at least we have clothes to wear and money to wash them with.) Some are in the middle (One word: fibro-fatigue.)
But through it all, God is here. He has been here since the beginning of time. He was there for Adam and Eve. He was there for Jesus. He was there when Johannes Gutenberg printed his historic Bible. He was there when the first British came to America so they could worship the Lord in their own ways without persecution. He was there when the Declaration of Independence was written. He was (is!) there through the trials of every war we Americans have fought. He has been with us through all those larger things and all the smaller things as well, from misplacing one’s keys to forgetting to thaw the meat for dinner.
And this is where the song comes in: Ancient Words. The words that have been here since the beginning of time. The promises God has made us since He created the world and us. The words that helped and soothed people in 2500 BC and 30 AD and 2008 AD and every year in between. I hold on to the promise of these words. I need the promise of these ancient words. Without these words, I am nothing, I cannot function. Thank GOD for His ancient words!
(Song written by Lynn DeShazo; sung in the video by Michael W. Smith.)
Holy words long preserved
For our walk in this world
They resound with God’s own heart
O let the ancient words impart
Words of life
Words of hope
Give us strength
Help us cope
In this world where’er we roam
Ancient words will guide us home
Chorus
Ancient words ever true
Changing me and changing you
We have come with open hearts
O let the ancient words impart
Holy words of our faith
Handed down to this age
Came to us through sacrifice
O heed the faithful words of Christ
Holy words long preserved
For our walk in this world
They resound with God’s own heart
O let the words impart
(Repeat Chorus)
Photo of the Gutenberg Bible, courtesy AllPosters.com
