Jesus! what a friend for sinners! Jesus! lover of my soul; Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole. Jesus! what a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in Him; Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, He, my strength, my vict'ry wins. Jesus! what a help in sorrow! While the… Continue reading Saturday Song: Jesus What a Friend for Sinners
Tag: love
Saturday Song: It Is Well
How was your week? Was it long? Busy? How about just plain rough? One of those weeks that seems like its only purpose is to remind a person how many things could go awry. Sin. Temptations. Bad attitudes. Sickness. Car trouble. Plumbing trouble. Hurt. Relational drama. Forgiveness withheld. Bitterness. Stress. Expectations. Fear. Anxiety. In the… Continue reading Saturday Song: It Is Well
Choose Kind: the perfectly grammatically incorrect imperative
Tonight I started thinking about the phrase "choose kind". More specifically, the linguistics of the phrase. It's not grammatically correct. The grammatically correct imperative would be "choose kindness". Part of the power, to me at least, is in its ungrammaticality. Using an adjective instead of a noun shakes us gently from grammatical complacency to ask… Continue reading Choose Kind: the perfectly grammatically incorrect imperative
Saturday Song: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
This past week was Valentine's Day. Hard to miss, with all the pink, red, balloons, flowers, candy, stuffed animals, fancy dinners... and that was just Facebook. Love was definitely in the air and to be celebrated. I'll admit, I did have some awkward moments, a sort of sense of failure really, when I walked past… Continue reading Saturday Song: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
True Love
Monday Morning
Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing live, for I have put my trust in you. Psalm 143:8
Remember
"Greater love has no man than this, that he lays down his life for his friend."John 15:13 "Thanks and praise, for our days, 'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky; As we go, this we know, God is nigh... While the light fades from sight, And the stars gleaming rays softly send, To… Continue reading Remember
Fullness
Thou hast revealed to me myself as a mass of sin, and thyself as the fullness of goodness, with strength enough to succour me, wisdom enough to guide me, mercy enough to quicken me, love enough to satisfy me.Thou has shown me that because thou art mine I can live by thy life, be strong… Continue reading Fullness
Anger and Action
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the… Continue reading Anger and Action
Saturday Song: Now I Belong to Jesus
After reading this post from Desiring God, I felt inspired to play some old hymns that I haven't sung or played for quite a while. I couldn't help but smile fondly at the hymnal when I pulled it from my piano bag. I remember reading some of my first words out of a hymnal like… Continue reading Saturday Song: Now I Belong to Jesus
thoughts and songs 