Rebecca Writes

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Starres have their storms, ev’n in a high degree,
                            As well as we.
A throbbing conscience spurred by remorse
                            Hath a strange force :
It quits the earth, and mounting more and more,
Dares to assault thee, and besiege thy doore.

There it stands knocking, to thy musicks wrong,
                            And drowns the song.
Glorie and honour are set by till it
                            An answer get.
Poets have wrong’d poore storms : such dayes are best ;
They purge the aire without, within the breast.

—-George Herbert 

So far I have only one additional post to include in tomorrow’s weather report. (Thank you, Pam.) You can help make the next weather report fun and interesting by telling us what’s going on in your weather or posting a weather picture (or poem, like this one) and sending me the link.

Since we’re supposed to be teaching one another with hymns, I’ve been chosing hymns that teach us something about a particular Christian doctrine, and this week’s doctrine is redemption.

Enslaved by Sin and Bound in Chains
Enslaved by sin and bound in chains,
Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway,
And doomed to everlasting pains,
We wretched, guilty captives lay.

Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace,
Nor all the world’s collected store
Suffice to purchase our release;
A thousand worlds were all too poor.

Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God,
An all sufficient ransom paid.
O matchless price! His precious blood
For vile, rebellious traitors shed.

Jesus the Sacrifice became
To rescue guilty souls from hell;
The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb
Beneath avenging Justice fell.

Amazing goodness! Love divine!
Oh, may our grateful hearts adore
The matchless grace nor yield to sin
Nor wear its cruel fetters more!

—-Anne Steele

Here are a few previous posts about redemption: 

• Redemption: What Does It Mean?
  
• Redemption: From What Are Sinners Delivered?
• Redemption: For What Are the Redeemed Delivered?

What I’m thankful for today is redemption from bondage to sin, Satan, and the death sentence.

Other thankful folk:

• Kim
• Carla
• Kim

To participate in this month’s theme of thanksgiving:

• Mention something you’re thankful for in the comments here, and I’ll included it in one of my thanksgiving posts, or
  
• Email me to tell me what you’re thankful for and I’ll include it in one of the thankful posts, or
• You may post your thankful thought(s) on your own blog and send me the link(s), and I’ll link to your post.
• If you’ve posted something thankful and I missed it, please remind me.

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• Thy Faithfulness, Lord at joythruChrist
• To the Name of Our Salvation at Magic Statistics
• Faithful One at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 44, 2007 at The Thirsty Theologian
  
• When in His Might the Lord at Hiraeth
• Rock of Ages at Seasoning of the Heart
• The Lord’s Day at Thoughts from the Teahouse
• Jesus, Love of My Soul at Whatever Things…
• In Christ Alone at Writing and Living
• Update: We Lift Our Hearts in Thanks Today at Above the Clouds