Just A Little Note
" How Great Thou Art"
I was reminded recently of a story I was told as a child about my grandfather. My grandfather became a Christian in His older age. My grandmother rarely ever left her home unless it was to go to church so when my grandfather came home to a seemingly empty house, he became flustered and started calling for her. "Mildred, where are you? Mildred! He called over and over again. He became very concerned and began searching all around the house inside and out. Come to find while she was walking around the house to find him. He was on the other side looking for her.
When He finally found her he hugged her and wouldn't let her go. He told her He thought the rapture had happened and He was left behind, it nearly scared him to death. Soon after, my uncle led my grandfather to the Lord and he became a faithful Christian. There was a noticeable difference in his life .
One sad day our family was informed that our grandfather had cancer.
I recently wrote a poem called every little detail. In the poem I use the words from the hymn "How Great Thou Art". The hymn is one that has impacted my life because of my grandfather. I read the poem at our church along with the words of the entire Hymn, "How Great Thou Art."
I told the story of my grandfather who died of cancer years ago. I told the story as I remembered it told to me.
My grandfathers favorite hymn was "How Great Thou Art" and it was the last song sung to him before he died. My mother later told me she sat by his bedside and sang to him his favorite hymn. It was the only thing that seemed to help him rest peacefully.
A year a ago or so I was walking at the park. It seemed I was the only one there so I freely sang out loud, but not too loudly. I was singing the song "How Great Thou Art". Every time I sing the song I think about my grandfather.
A very unusual thing happened while I was singing. I've been kind of afraid to talk about it because I didn't think anyone would believe me. I was singing the words to the song and when I got to the part about the rolling thunder on cue there was a thundering sound from the sky. It seemed as though God reacted to my singing to Him.
I even questioned maybe someone was trying to trick me, but preferred to believe God was blessing me. I even started thinking theorizing how someone could make it happen. Then one day while I was walking, I could hear the sound system from the high school football game, it came from the same direction as the thundering sound I heard. I don't mean to ruin a great story about God speaking to me in a thundering voice as I sang "How Great Thou Art". but it's better than me questioning my sanity.
It could be that my faith is just too small and I should just accept that God heard me singing to him and he was so moved, He wanted to let me know it. So I'm going to go ahead and accept it, because either way God's still in control and still hears me when I sing or speak to him.
Susan Y. Nikitenko
February 15th, 2016
Just A Little Note
Definition For Great:
Mighty
Wondrous
Greater Than Anything
Greater Than Anybody
Greater Than Galaxies
Or Anything Greater
And Far Greater Beyond Expression.
Psalms 145:3
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
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