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Chari  at Happy to Design ( click her  button)      hosts this  very  fun theme each week  which I just discovered today.... and I have already had the most amazing time just perusing old posts  to   make my choice....   It  was  rather  dufficult to decide until I fell upon these older posts from August  3 years ago....   Then I knew this was the one for my maiden voyage into this theme... 
Amy, over at SIGN AND WONDERS is hosting this wonderful meme this morning! I am so pleased to join in with many others you can visit at her site.

This morning I am expectant! I am exultant, and filled with aniticipation!

I am expecting the best is yet to be. It sort of started simply with the following promise.

God's provision is so marvelous! His bounty is never ending! His promise to us to revealing of His nature and His love.. Then I ran across this hymn.

The Hymn of Promise

In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
There’s a song in every silence,
seeking word and melody;
There’s a dawn in every darkness,
 bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future;
what it holds, a mystery,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;
In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity,
In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

The words just touch me deeply on so many levels. To me it says it all. We have our hope in God alone for all things come from and through Him. No matter what we are facing, no matter what the future holds, we can rest in Jesus- His promises and fulfillment of them is complete, just, and unfailing!

Then sings My Soul Saturday

Amy, over at SIGN AND WONDERS is hosting this wonderful meme this morning! I am so pleased to join in with many others you can visit at her site.

This morning I am expectant! I am exultant, and filled with aniticipation!

I am expecting the best I yet to be. It sort of started simply with the following promise.

God's provision is so marvelous! His bounty is never ending! His promise to us to revealing of His nature and His love.. Then I ran across this hymn.

The Hymn of Promise

In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be,Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody;There’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me.From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery,Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity,In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/h/y/hymnprom.htm

The words just touch me deeply on so many levels. To me it says it all. We have our hope in God alone for all things come from and through Him. No matter what we are facing, no matter what the future holds, we can rest in Jesus- His promises and fulfillment of them is complete, just, and unfailing!

Then Sings My Soul, Saturday

I love this song so much. The first time I ever heard it was at Thomas Road Baptist Church and Charles Billingsley was leading it. I was so excited I couldnt stand still! This is a grand video of it being sung by Paul Wilbur!
These are the Days of Elijah!
Check out Amy's site, at Signs and Wonders for more wonder worship songs that touch people's hearts.

Then Sings My Soul, Saturday

In 1970, I was a junior in college facing the most stressful time of my life thus far. I had to take a swimming class, and pass it in order to graduate. The problem: I was horrified of water over my head. A childhood prank played on me years before had created a panic response anytime I went into water deeper than 4 feet. Now I was facing a situation where I was expected to dive into 20 feet of water, float on my back for 5 minutes, then roll over and swim to the circumference of the olympic sized pool...or not graduate. I had dreaded this moment since I had enrolled at Radford College. How on earth was I to face this obstacle? I felt that I had a huge mountain before me!

But I did have simple faith....exactly what I needed. I was encouraged in that simple faith by a simple chorus that was played on a daily afternoon religious program-it replayed itself over and over in my mind. For me at that stage of my spiritual maturity it was a soothing balm to my agitated physche. Like a mantra the tune and the words reverberated in my consciousness, building up a simple faith that with Jesus, all things are possible- even learning enough swimming skill to pass that exam.I sang it on the way to class, I sang it in the locker room, I sang it as I stepped into the water, I hummed it the whole time I was jumping in and rising up to float on my back. I sang it as the minutes ticked away as I concentrated on keeping my lungs full of air for bouyancy. I hummed it the whole time I was swimming the length of the pool and as I finally was allowed to flip over on my back and do the back stroke back to the deep end, I was gleefully humming that chorus in victory!
Something good is going to happen to you,
happen to you,
This very day,
Something good is going to happen to you,
Jesus of Nazareth is passing your way.

Now I wouldnt probably choose this song to lead the saints into battle against a mighty foe, for the basic theology is flawed to say the least. Jesus, in His Word, does not promise us an easy, carefree life. In fact, he allows us to suffer trials and tests just I had to face, to see if we rely on Him in the midst of pain, suffering, and fear. But for me, a fledgling believer, I didn't need a deep theology, but a basic truth that with Jesus, I can do all things!It just took a simple faith!