You Amaze me

This Sunday morning during worship service we sang a song which included the lyrics “you amaze me”. As I stood there tears streaming down my cheeks singing those words, yes I sing, in tune or out, all the times when God has amazed me during my walk with him. I feel compelled to write a brief summary, a list if you will of some of those times.

First and foremost was the miracle he performed in order for me to yield to him,
the absolute heart stopping photographic miracle.

Second, my life, 40 years and counting with my dear wife Patty, he has amazed me.
Third, the love I receive from my two daughters Anne and Sarah, he has amazed me.
Fourth, his continued blessings in my life, seeing four beautiful granddaughters
Victoria, Margaret, Isabelle and Sophia, he has amazed me.
The countless times I have been touched by his hand
The endless grace and mercy he has bestowed upon me
I think of the time I broke my finger playing ball at a church picnic, the x-rays showed the finger was smashed, yet within 2 days God spoke to me, “take the splint off, I have healed you” never again has that finger ever bothered me. He amazed me.
I think of the time I smashed another finger with a 5lb hammer against a concrete wall, by accident, and I simply held it up and asked for a healing as I needed to work that day, all day, and as I took down that swollen throbbing finger, it was completely normal. He amazed me.
I think of the time, an acquaintance was in great pain at a conference we both were attending, He had to go to his room and lay down, I followed as God lead and asked if I could pray for him, he was healed and later turned his life over to the Lord and has been serving him in a mighty way, he amazed me.
I think of how he sustained my dear wife through years of back pain, and how through his divine hand lead us to a doctor who performed back fusion on her spine within days of the first visit. A miracle in itself, he amazed me
I think of how Patty and I were lead to our first home, without two dimes to rub together, God had a plan, 27 years in that home, raised our daughters there, he amazed me.
I think of how God lead Patty and I to Ohio and how the sale of the old home occurred within hours and the new home was just perfect for us, and how we are near our daughter Sarah. He amazed me.
I think, of course, that thanksgiving weekend of 2000, that heart attack in which I should have gone home to be with my Lord, yet because I asked to stay to take care of my wife, he allowed me, he sustained my very life until the doctors could clear a 100% blocked artery. He amazed me!

I think of the mended relationship I have with my sister, how different we are, yet our relationship is growing once more together, he amazed me!

I could go on for days and weeks, and perhaps it would sound as though I am bragging about me, but not the case, I am bragging about my Lord, he amazed me, he is amazing me each and every day.