Blessed be Your Name

I love this song, Blessed be Your Name. It always speaks to me. Today I was thinking about personalizing it, but first I’ll include the lyrics as the are:

Blessed Be Your Name

In the land that is plentiful

Where Your streams of abundance flow

Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name

When I'm found in the desert place

Though I walk through the wilderness

Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Chorus:

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name

When the sun's shining down on me

When the world's 'all as it should be'

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name

On the road marked with suffering

Though there's pain in the offering

Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out

I'll turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Chorus 2X

You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will choose to say

Praise the Lord! Now, I was thinking about making it reflective of my life. So, the first verse blesses God when things are going well. What might that look like in my life?

Blessed Be Your Name

When I’ve gotten enough sleep

And my favorite praise song is on KLove

Blessed be Your name

The next verse blesses the Lord when things aren’t going well. So, for example:

Blessed Be Your Name

When I get a migraine

And my supervisor is driving me nuts

Blessed be Your name

I could do this for days! Let’s try some more:

Blessed Be Your Name

When there’s money in the bank

And plenty of food in the pantry

Blessed be Your name

AND

Blessed Be Your Name

When my husband loses his job

And my car is not working well

Blessed be Your name

God is good all of the time AND all of the time God is good. The world’s circumstance doesn’t change my God! Now, the last part:

You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will choose to say

When I first heard this song I used to think like many people do, “God giveth [the good] and God taketh away [the good]”. More recently I have seen that God gives His Son, His salvation, His peace, His joy, His presence and His provision (just to name a few) and takes away my sin, my shame, my guilt, my anger, my pride, my hurt and my selfishness. I wouldn’t trade that for anything!

Praise the Lord and try personalizing it for yourself