Sunday's Hymn: Reader's Choice
Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 09:58PM Today’s hymn, Great is Thy Faithfulness, is a favorite of Mummymac from Northern Ireland. She likes it
…just because He is really! And also because “All I have needed His hand has provided” etc etc.
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.Refrain
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!© 1923 Hope Publishing Company
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—-Thomas Chisholm (Listen.)
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- Only a Sinner at Fish and Cans
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Reader Comments (6)
Happy Canada Day Rebecca!!
Thanks. You too!
Thanks so much Rebecca - you have made my day.
I appreciate your blog - It's so good to find like-minded Christians on the web.
Every blessing
Elaine
Great Hymn -
"But this I call to mind,and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."The LORD is my portion," says my soul,"therefore I will hope in him."
Lamentations 3:21-24
This hymn reminds me of one of my favorite scripture passages (above). Martyn-Lloyd Jones says in Spiritual Depression, It's Causes and Cures, when in the depths to not allow your heart to talk to you but to speak truth to your heart. This is what the psalmist does where he says, "but this I call to mind and therefore I have hope." And what gives his downcast soul hope? The greatness of God, the abundance and newness of the love and mercy of God, and the greatness of his faithfulness! AMEN to that!
Lisa J
www.teahouselj.blogspot.com
Oops - I meant Jeremiah - not the Psalmist, who wrote Lamentations. (I was just reading Psalm 17 earlier)
Lisa J
Thanks for that, Lisa!