You Give and Take Away...

So I was in the car singing along with the song "Blessed Be the Name" it gets to the part where is says; "You give and take away, you give and take away, but still I choose to say Blessed be the Name of the Lord." As I began to actually think about the song I was singing and I thought about the reality of actually believing this and it being true of who I am as a Child of our Precious Saviour.
Can I honestly say "God, when I am not happy with you and when things dont go my way, or when you take away something materialistic, or more, in my life, can I with all sincerity and a pure heart say, "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord."
Wow! What a calling as a believer to trust in a God that knows me better than I know myself. That he has this plan so much bigger than mine. He wants in my roughest and greatest hours to come to him and fall into his arms and rest in his peace, grace and neverending mercy. When I choose to do that, I also come to trust and rest in his faithfulness and he allows me the grace to get through anything. What a mighty God. I have a hard time believing this for longer than 10 minutes at a time, which i think is a good thing, because it calls me to continually be in prayer before my Father asking for this (not that I always do that). And then when I can really believe all of this I can come and honestly say "Blessed be your name, Lord."
I love the thought that someone bigger than me is in control. I hate the thought at the same time because my plan and my way are the best... Right??? I know this is not true, but to get that from my head to my heart is another thing. Its so easy to think with my head and the realities of living in this controling world we do this day and age. Everyone has their plan and their way of life and Idea of how its all going to work out. Although it never quite seems to work just the way we want. Why is that? Because its on our own strength and control. I think if God knew we could figure it all out on our own, we would, so he created hardships so that we could learn how to depend on him. And in depending on him, we once again find mercy and grace. Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of Grace with confidence so that we may find mercy and grace to help us in our time of need." He wants us to approach him with confidence because he longs to give us mercy and grace. Its so hard for me to allow the thought into my head that, this is what he wants from me. He wants to love me and protect me and give me these beautiful gifts. What an amazing God.
I am blessed to be his daughter. I am blessed to know that he is in control, and I am blessed to belive for a little bit, that my acceptance and my affermation comes from him. I pray that I continue to believe this and that I contine to depend on and to ask my Jesus to get me through this life. Good and Bad!
You give and take away, you give and take away but still I choose to say, BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD!