Inspired by Song

     Every 3rd Sunday our congregation has a program given with different individuals participating. Yesterday, one of the program committee read the program outline and gave us a title for the program. It is to be about Divine Inspiration. I think it will be interesting and faith building to hear the different people bring their inspirations.
     As I thought about what I would have shared if I would have been given a part, an incident came to me that happened shortly after I moved here to Oklahoma. I was at home alone, doing dishes and thinking about how lonely my life had become. I wondered why God would bring me to such a place, so far from my family. We Mennonites are so family oriented that it was difficult for me to accept this change. Especially looking on and seeing other families and knowing what I had left in California. I now know what it's like though for those who don't have large families!... Anyway, I was so unhappy and discouraged with it all. I desperately wanted to accept this place, but I also was immensely homesick. I started praying for God to please give me a touch or some comfort. While I was doing the dishes and praying, the song "Open wide thy Heart" started going through my head. I went to the songbook and opened it to the song. I began reading it and became overwhelmed with the thought of how God can touch our hearts and fill our needs so completely. The last two verses and the chorus especially spoke to me; Open wide thy heart today to love Divine, and a wealth of grace untold may all be thine. Open wide thy heart today with all it's need, and the hunger of the soul His love will feed." Chorus; Only trust Him and be still; Let Him work in thee His will, For the heart that's opened wide...His love shall fill.
     I thought that how true that was. I needed to open my heart to accept the changes. I needed to stop closing myself up and open my heart to begin loving these new people. If I just would open my heart and let God fill me with His love, how simple it would be to start loving things here. By having the trust in Him that all things work together for good I could be still and let Him work in me His will. In turn, His love would feed the hunger of my soul.