All The Way my Savior Leads Me

Warning: Authentic post ahead.

I have been experiencing a very lonely couple of months. I've gone through a couple of tough things that I wish I could have just not done (one being a doctors appointment), but they had to be done. I spent a lot of time crying to God, crying in my pillow, feeling sad. In the past when I have felt like this, I have blubbered all over some close friends and my husband. This time I tried to keep it to myself.

Do you know how loving and amazing God is? A couple of weeks ago, in His kind, gentle way, He began to show me His love. It started with the results of a routine test that I was concerned about coming back negative. I was so thrilled I cried.

Last Friday when I was shopping I called home to see if there were any voice mails. There was one from an old college friend. It has been close to a year since I have talked with her. At first I was bummed that I had missed talking to her. But I was able to call her when I was driving through the Big City. We talked for an hour. That was so refreshing and such a gift. (And it helped get through the rush hour traffic with no stress.)

I also was able to visit (for three hours!) a dear friend and show her the dress I had bought for my son's wedding. (During that visit my husband called to read me a letter saying that my other routine test was also negative. I was so thrilled I jumped up and down!)

Then to top it off my husband and I had a sweet weekend together.

I was feeling so loved by my God. It was as if He was putting His big, strong, gentle arms around me and telling me, "Yes, Judy, you are loved. I care for you. You have friends that care for you."

As I was driving home I was listening to Chris Tomlin's newest CD. At the end is a song using the words from Fanny Crosby's hymn "All the Way My Savior Leads Me."

All the way my Savior leads me,
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my Guide?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well;
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.

I listened to that song so many times on the way home. It soothed my soul. Maybe it will do the same for you:

How has God shown His love for you?