“Father in place into your hands the things I can not do”

Wow and more wow, not sure where this little gem came from but I am glad it has been going round in my head all day. Yes it is possibly one of the oldest songs I know, and with it comes more childhood memories, this time not as happy, it was always rubbish being in the lower years in primary school, when it came to assemblies you had to sit on the dirty wooden floor – the dream was to make it to the year six when you got to sit on the benches.

However, the words are so heart felt; it takes such courage to admit that you can’t do something. So this song is packed full of courage, full of faith and possibly full of desperation, but its not so much a cry, more of a realisation “yes I can’t do that so lets give it to God”.

It personally challenges me to give more to God, not just the really tough things but also the everyday bits – like crossing a road, eating breakfast.
But it also challenges me to give him the things I can’t do. The old cliché springs to mind, small steps at a time, our challenge should be for the next few days to pray for the mind set of “Let it be so”/ “Into his hands”

Father – I pray that you will grant us the courage to accept the things we can’t do, the courage to do the things we can and the wisdom to know the difference.