Jim and Carol Cymbala prayed and praised and preached their way through a personal 2-year nightmare. Their teenage daughter Chrissy had turned her back on the God they loved and served so faithfully. Although their hearts were breaking, Jim and Carol continued ministering to the people of the Brooklyn Tabernacle in New York City.
Some people think that Carol wrote the song "He’s Been Faithful" after her daughter’s dramatic return to God, but she didn’t. She wrote it before. Carol refers to it as "a song of hope born in the midst of my pain". While hurting deeply, Carol said that her song "became like a balm to my heart, strengthening me once again". The words she wrote during that time helped her to move forward. Although her daughter had not yet come back to the Lord, Carol could praise Him for His loving faithfulness in her own life.
Later, when Chrissy showed up at home and fell to her knees begging forgiveness, the truth of PSALM 119:90 became real to Carol: God is faithful not just to our generation, but to all generations! Carol also experienced in a new way a line of her own song that has blessed so many: "What I thought was impossible, I’ve seen my God do!" – Julie Link
Looking back, His love and mercy I see,
Though in my heart I have questioned,
Even failed to believe.
Yet He’s been faithful, faithful to me. – Cymbala
READ: PSALM 119:89-96
When we have nothing left but God, we find that God is enough.