A Really Different Story

– “Great is Thy Faithfulness” by Thomas Chisholm with additional lyrics by Renee Adele Phillips

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
You have been the only perfect constant in my life.
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
You have always been exactly who You say You are—
Thou changest not,
You are the same Jesus I met in Sunday school,
Thy compassions, they fail not
the same Father who loved me back to life when death seemed so close.
As Thou hast been
You were, then and now, faithful to me.
Thou forever wilt be.

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest,
The sunshine and snowfalls, the cherry blossoms and yellow leaves,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
even the stars have always pointed me to look up to You—
Join with all nature in manifold witness
Every bit of beauty speaks Your name
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
and tells me You love me, more than I know.

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
I’m so grateful; I drop to my knees when I remember
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
that You were at my side in every step I took.
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
If not for You, I would have had a very different story;
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Instead, I am forgiven, loved, and blessed beyond measure. 

Great is Thy faithfulness!
I can trace Your hand through my whole life—
Great is Thy faithfulness!
my heart’s refrain is You—only You.
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
One day at a time, You grant me the grace I need;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
You have far surpassed my needs and colored my life with beauty—
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Great is Your faithfulness, Lord unto me.