Perfect Submission, Perfect Delight

Hearing that my dad had an aneurysm in a cardiac artery and will need bypass surgery was a moment of panic for me...

What will happen to him?
What if the surgery doesn't go well?
How is my mom going to handle this?
How will I care for my mom while caring for my family, and getting ready to move?
How is my dad doing right now?
Is he scared? Does he know what is wrong?
How well will he heal?
How will I tell my kids?

I called my friends for prayer, hopped in the car to get lunch for my kids and felt my usually optimistic spirit spiraling into a panic....

Then I turned the radio on and Blessed Assurance by Third Day was just starting ~ which brought the flood of tears :~)

For the next few hours, through all the moments of fear and questions that song stuck with me. I'd drive down the road, fold laundry and pass out Hot Pockets while singing the song.

Then, the next day, I got into the elevator, singing as I had for hours, and, caught myself say "Perfect Submission, Perfect Delight"

WOW ~ now, that's the kind of child I want to be to my Jesus!!

In my complete and perfect submission to Him, I will find complete and perfect delight in Him, regardless of what happens in my world

Those 4 little words got me through the next week with a sense of overwhelming peace and amazing strength........I now add "Perfect Submission, Perfect Delight" to my list of mantras and words to live by.

And, as I pulled off the freeway to pick my dad up and bring him home, guess what came on the radio? Yep, Blessed Assurance! Ain't God good! (Of course, my speakers may never be the same after jamming, really loud, to "Perfect Submission, Perfect Delight"! :~)

May you find yourself singing and praying "Perfect Submission, Perfect Delight" as you go through your day and face whatever He has placed before you!

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Blessed Assurance by Fanny Crosby 1873

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Chorus
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Chorus
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

Chorus
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.