HOW GREAT THOU ART!!

How great thou art!! I have never really sat to think about what these words mean until this morning in church. Last night I threw a party to raise money for my trip and invited everyone I could possibly think of here at Mizzou expecting to raise maybe 5 or $600. Last night at about 8pm it began to snow and the roads were starting to get slick and I was really starting to get worried about people even being able to come but I have been told that the Lord provides and as of last night, I can truly tell you that he does!! About 30 people or so braved the snow to come and hang out and together we raised over $1400!!! These people that came over were college students! I have never seen such an act of generosity in my entire life and I and truly blessed to be able to call these people my briends. I have also received a donation from my Grandmothers bible study of about $275 which, for those of you playing along at home, gets me up to more than $5700 in donations thus far with the ultimate goal of $6500!! The provision of our God are unmatched. To all of you who came, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Words cannot express how much your generosity meant to me and to the Children of Zambia. Back to the song “How Great Thou Art.” This morning, the worship leader spoke of an aging man in Jamaica on his trip with several students from Mizzou over Christmas break. The man was blind and wanted to sing, so someone came over and played his guitar to the tune of “How Great Thou Art” as the man sang and as he came to the chorus all he could speak through his tears were the words “How great thou art!” I feel as if the song writer was searching for words of more meaning as he yearned to express how incredible God truly is but all he can say is “How great thou art!” This morning as it finally hit me how much money was donated last night the only words I could utter as I got choked up, sat down, and cried were, “How great thou art!” God is truly great and those words have so much power and strength and sometimes that is all we can say when we as humans, as finite beings, get a just a glimpse of God’s infinite greatness. Because of the generosity of these college students, 56 kids get to come camp this summer and get love and get a chance for us to reveal the love and hope we have in Christ. Thanks again to all who have donated, those kids need it so badly and you have given something that they have never had before, Love.