I Stand All Amazed

8/18/13
Almost 7 years ago on September 6 on the first Sunday of the month, my mom passed away less than two months after being diagnosed with cancer.  I  found out that she had died when I received a phone call at church from my sister. We were singing the hymn "I Stand All Amazed" when I was told there was a call for me from my sister about my mom. I knew immediately what that call was about. As I stood in the hallway and talked to my sister I could hear the rest of the song being sung in the background. It was the perfect song for the moment and for my mother.
Every year since she died, within a couple weeks of the anniversary of her death that song is on the program to be sung. Today it was the sacrament hymn. The person that chooses the songs each week has no idea of the meaning of that song for me, or of the timing of it being chosen for the program. And the person making those decisions has changed more than once in the last 7 years.  But every year it is a comforting reminder that my Heavenly Father knows me. Knows my sorrows, my worries, and my joy. And above all else that he loves me.
I do most definitely stand all amazed.
8/19/13 - When talking to my sisters about this, I learned that they had sung this song as well the same Sunday.  Although it held no special meaning for them to sing it. But in learning we had all been singing it at the same time it made it even more of a comfort that our Heavenly Father is aware of all of us.