A cappella

It's amazing the things you learn when you do a spell check. For instance, I now know that A cappella is really two words. I would have guessed it was one. Oh well.
So once again, here I am finding it necessary to relive my day via Blog. A lot happened today that I'm not going to share, for it is just a little too personal. But know that God never ceases to surprise and amaze me with huge miracles.

I worked from 2-9:15pm today, so I got to attend church this morning. I don't feel like commenting on work, for it was work, and I'm sick of work, so church is the topic tonight.
The church Pianist was gone today, and no replacement was found, so the singing was A cappella. I've always loved it when whoever is leading the songs will ask the pianist to drop out on the last verse or such so that we can sing A cappella. I love the sound of all these voices just lifted up to the Lord. However today I learned how many people (including myself) really do talk during the offertory, but you can't hear them 'cause of the piano.
Anyway, today it was all A cappella, and it was great. The singing really touched me, because a lot of the time I hide behind the music, but when there is no music, it's sing for all you’re worth.

The songs that were chosen really touched me, one in particular, "Higher Ground". If I knew how to use the links on this thing, I would link you to the lyrics, but for now, I'll trust you know your hymns or if you care enough to, will look them up.
Hymns are so great, I'm a huge fan of praise choruses as well, but the doctrine found in hymns is incomparable."Higher Ground" is such a great hymn, and one I hadn't sung in a very long time. I'm going to just give you a link because it's so great. http://www.jaydroz.com/indexhigherground.htm
We'll try that and see if it works.

My prayer today is for my own "Higher Ground".
After my more than a little disheartening day yesterday, God definitely provided a huge blessing this morning. One that made it so much better to listen to all the dear people in my church, whom I love so much, who have watched me grow up, lift their voices together to sing "Higher Ground". And frankly, it got to me.
The second verse where it says "My prayer, my aim, is higher ground" just hit me right where it hurts.
I could expound so much, but this post is already very long, so I'll just say that I want to ache and yearn for Higher Ground.

"Lord, don't let me be satisfied with where I'm at right now. Give me a thirst that cannot be quenched, a hunger that cannot be filled, and a desire that cannot be met. Let me never be satisfied with life, but forever be seeking YOUR higher ground. Your are all that satisfies, but you give things that cannot be met until heaven. So I pray that I will never reach a plateau, but forever be seeking higher ground. Let me not be content with the ordinary, but amazed by your presence. I want to go Lord, send me please."

I pray that we each reach for higher ground today. Corrie Ten Boom said once that "There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still.
"Might I add that there is no mountain so tall that we must climb that God is not higher and bigger still. And He's already walked each step of the way.
So whether you're in a pit, or climbing a seemingly insurmountable mountain today, God has been there. Nothing is a surprise to Him. And best of all, He loves you.