If you listen to the words, the song is all about how we should be praising God and giving him glory in the good times and the bad, "in the land that is plentiful" and "when I'm found in the desert place." We should always be turning our heads back to praise him.
My dad did a whole sermon about this once. I still remember it vividly. It was before he got diagnosed with cancer. He showed this video with people singing the song that were in different places in their lives. Some were sick. Some were in financial trouble. Some were pregnant. Some were joyful. They were all saying "Blessed Be The Name of The Lord." I couln't fathom it. My dad talked about how difficult that could be. How difficult being in a hard time and still praising him. He didn't realize that a couple of month later, he would be in that boat.
After dad got diagnosed, a guy from our church went to my dad and asked him to say it. My dad was slightly confused. "Say what?" He said remember the sermon and that's when dad remembered and he did say it. My dad lived a life that I still look up to today. I still think that nobody could top my dad. He praised God even until the end.
In the song it starts talking about "when you give and take away." This part of the song gets me every time. He gave me my dad and he took him away. We sang this by Dad's grave. It was so hard for me to get the words out because I was crying but I knew that I had to say them.
This song was my dad's favorite song. Every time I hear it, I always think of my dad and how he lived his life. I always think about what God has done for me and my family. He has done so much for us. I cannot not say it.
Here I stand, through everything, and say "Blessed Be the Name of The Lord."
Kristin
Isaiah 41:10
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