A praise song from Covenant Church by Christy and Nathan Nockels and David Crowder called “Wonderful Name” speaks to the tragedy in Las Vegas and all the other suffering we have endured these last few months with death, disease, and hurricanes. May it bless you as it has blessed me today:
There is healing for all who ache.
There is comfort for all in pain.
There is freedom there is grace;
In Jesus and the power of His name.
All who are broken, His love endures.
All who are weary, His rest is yours.
All who are hopeless, run to His name.
He is Jesus and you’ll never be the same.
O how sweet the name that calms our storms; How tenderly His love transforms the hardest heart and the deepest shame. There is power, power in that wonderful name.
He is Master, the Prince of Peace.
He is unchanging, the God who sees.
He is Jehovah, might to save,
He is Jesus, name above all names.
A career teacher, with forty years of teaching language arts/English, Betty Jackson enjoys wordsmithing, writing, and reading as a vocation and avocation.Retirement is her "age of frosting," a chance to pursue postponed hobbies with gusto. She especially sends kudos to the Space Coast Writers Guild members for their encouragement and advice. Her five books, It's a God Thing!, Job Loss: What's Next? A Step by Step Action Plan, and Bless You Bouquets: A Memoir, And God Chose Joseph: A Christmas Story, and Rocking Chair Porch: Summers at Grandma's are available at Amazon.com. Ms. Jackson is available to speak to local groups and to offer her books at discount for fundraising purposes at her discretion. She and her husband soon celebrate their 47th anniversary, and have lived in New York, New Jersey, Iowa, and now the paradise of Palm Bay, Florida. Their two grown children and daughter-in-love, all orchestra musicians, and our beautiful granddaughters Kaley and Emily live nearby. Hobbies, and probably future topics on her blog: gardening, symphonic music (especially supporting the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra as a volunteer and proud parent of a violinist, a cellist, and an oboist), singing, book clubs, and co-teaching a weekly small-group Bible study for seniors. She volunteers and substitute teaches at Covenant Christian School, and serves as a board member of the Best Yet Set senior group at church. Foundationally, she daily enjoys God's divine appointments called Godincidences, which show God's providence and loving kindness.