One young girls strength

One of my family's closest friends (the Meadows family) live in sunny Cairns, QLD. This family is one of the most remarkable families I have met and whom I have known since I can remember. For the past few years, they had been trying for another child. I visited them in 2003, and they were trying then, and it wasn't until the middle of last year that God blessed them with a daughter, Kezeah Meadows. This was the mothers 4th child with him, and his 7th. They love having a big family. However, in November 2005, 6 month old Kezeah left this world to be with her Heavenly Father. As you can understand, this was a hard time. They sent us a DVD of her funeral, as we were unable to attend. I was watching this for the 2nd time on the weekend and was astounded by what Kezeah's big sister (16 at the time) had to say at the funeral. She was speaking about when she was in the hospital, and having just lost Kezeah she had a song that she could not stop singing. This is that song:

Blessed be your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where the streams of abundance flow
Blessed be your name

Blessed be your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be your name

Every blessing you pour out,
I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name

Blessed be your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's all as it should be
Blessed be your name

Blessed be your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be your name

Every blessing you pour out,
I turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say...
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, Blessed be your name

Young Hadassah continued to say how God has blessed her and her family, and that if she could sing this song during the darkest moment of her life, then God was truly faithful. The family then proceeded to belt out this song. As I sat watching, crying, I thought to myself. I have not been through any real tragedy, and yet I still manage to complain about different aspects of my life, and question God about some of the situations I find myself in. Yet, here was a young girl, who is wise beyond her years, thanking and praising God, when she did not know the full extent of God's will on the situation. She has taught me so much and every time I hear this song, I cannot help but cry and thank God for all he does in my life, and to remind myself that God is faithful, and will never give us more than we can handle.