{"id":605,"date":"2020-10-26T13:19:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/?p=605"},"modified":"2020-10-26T13:19:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T11:19:37","slug":"god-of-the-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/26\/god-of-the-song\/","title":{"rendered":"God of the Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Here&#8217;s a quote from <a href=\"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/god-in-the-icu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God in the ICU<\/a> in the chapter called Trusting God in the Darkness: A Sister&#8217;s Heartache:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;Babbie Mason sings a song, the lyrics of which pointed the only way forward. She sings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><em>God is too wise to be mistaken God is too good to be unkind, So when you don&#8217;t understand, When you don&#8217;t see His plan, When you can&#8217;t trace His hand, Trust His heart<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">We could not understand, so we had to lean on His character. We had to look back on His faithfulness in dealing with us in the past, and, ultimately, to His love expressed so eloquently in dying for us on the Cross.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sometimes, in these trying times, it&#8217;s good to look up, not to ask why, but Who, and know there&#8217;s a God who is beautiful and can put a song in our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/God-of-the-song-1024x737.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/God-of-the-song-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/God-of-the-song-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/God-of-the-song-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/God-of-the-song-375x270.jpg 375w, https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/God-of-the-song.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\">God of the Song<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\n\n\n<em><strong>God of the rhythm, God of the beat\nGod of the music, God of dancing feet\nGod of the galaxies swirling in space\nGod of the seasons, God of the race<\/strong><\/em>\n\u00a0\n<em><strong>God of the melody deep in my heart\nGod of the whole and God of the part\nGod of the orbiting stars and the sun\nGod of the millions and God of the one<\/strong><\/em>\n\u00a0\n<em><strong>Sing to me, Jesus, sing loud of Your love\nSing to the pulse of the stars up above\nSing with the voice of the dove and the lark\nSing to the beat of my trembling heart.\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\n<em><strong>My God who created the seasons and songs\nTo Whom every lilt, every cadence belongs\nThe song of the Saviour beats loudest of all\nIt\u2019s the song of His grace, it\u2019s the song of His call.\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\n<em><strong>I\u2019ll sing to You, Jesus, I\u2019ll sing from my heart\nOf the love that You\u2019ve had for me right from the start\nDelight of my life, faithful God, true and strong\nCreator of music, the God of the Song<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a quote from God in the ICU in the chapter called Trusting God in the Darkness: A Sister&#8217;s Heartache: &#8220;Babbie Mason sings a song, the lyrics of which pointed the only way forward. She sings: God is too wise to be mistaken God is too good to be unkind, So when you don&#8217;t understand, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/26\/god-of-the-song\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[109,111,110,108,1],"tags":[114,112,113,116,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":610,"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions\/610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scribewalker.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}