Be Still, My Soul/Depression

Be Still, My Soul

31243, Hymns, Be Still, My Soul, no. 124

1. Be still, my soul: The Lord is on thy side;
With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul: Thy best, thy heav'nly Friend
Thru thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

2. Be still, my soul: Thy God doth undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.

3. Be still, my soul: The hour is hast'ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord,
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.
Be still, my soul: When change and tears are past,
All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

While hiking outside of Ashville we came across this beautiful butterfly.  I really wanted to capture it on film but whenever I would try to take it's picture it would fly off.  Suddenly it stopped and open and closed it's wings and allowed me to get several pictures.  When it finally fluttered away I turned to Derek and smiled.  He told me that he had said a little prayer that I could get the picture.  Just another tender mercy of the Lord and another example of the sweetness of my husband.

It comes again, that ugly dog depression.  I know him now but sometimes he still surrounds me and weighs me down.  It doesn't help when the circumstances that surround his coming are anything but ordinary.  These kinds of things make it harder to fight.  

But on my side is a glimer of light.  Be still, my soul: The Lord is on they side; A hope that shines brighter now than it has in the past.  To guide the future as he has the past.  My Savior helps me see through the load and gives me hope that it too will pass.  With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.  Today as I was pouring my heart out to my Father in Heaven, when I finally quieted down and could listen I hear the words from Be Still, My Soul come into my head.  The first line was given to me and I had to finish the rest.  But it was the comfort I needed today.  

I am grateful to a Father in Heaven who loves me and will listen.  In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.  Who doesn't roll His eyes and doesn't reprimand but reminds.  When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,  Reminds me that He is in charge and that I have faith and hope in Him and His Son, and that Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.  I look forward to the day When change and tears are past, All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.