Would God be enough?

As we have now been in Africa for a little over 3 months, I have seen children who have been abandoned, families who have been torn apart by AIDS, people who are managing to survive on way less a day than I used to spend on a coffee, children begging on the street with holes in their shoes so big, I can see their toes, and many other things which are hard to put into words. Yet, ironically, I have been greeted with more warm friendly smiles than I expected. I have seen people praise the Lord with their whole heart. I have seen true joy and innocence in the children here at Beautiful Gate despite the way they have started their life.

So... I was reminded of a song that I was listening to right before we moved to Lesotho and I want to share it with you (It is called "I'm still yours" by Kutless if you want to hear it on you tube)

If you washed away my vanity
If you took away my words
If all my world was swept away
Would you be enough for me?
Would my broken heart still sing?

(Chorus)
If I lost it all
Would my hands stay lifted
To the God who gives and takes away
If you take it all
This Life You've given
Still my heart will sing to you

When my life is not what I expected
The plans I made have failed
When there's nothing left to steal me away
Will you be enough for me?
Will my broken heart still sing?

Even if you take it all away
You'll never let me go
Take it all away
But I still know...
That I'm Yours

We may not always have a choice about the situations we are put in or the trajedies that we are faced with, but we do have a choice in how we respond. I have a lot of growing to do in the area of being thankful and praising God in all things, but I believe that He will never let me go and He will hold my hand or carry me when it gets tough. I praise God for the Basotho people and the lessons they have already begun to teach my family by praising God with their heart, mind and strength.
Anita