Love and Joy

Sang this beautiful hymn at church on Sunday, with a very funky tune, much faster than the original version. The lyrics are beautiful and meaningful to me, especially verses 1 and 3.

 

O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.

 

O light that foll’west all my way,
I yield my flick’ring torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.

 

O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.

 

O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.

 

By George Mattheson

Trying to learn what it means to pray continually

Thinking of loved ones back home and their very real prayer needs..

Had a nice long weekend with old and new friends in Seattle, and started on Ravi Zecharias' book Cries of the Heart. Definitely some good pointers to think about. But what most struck me in the first two chapters was the story about John Wesley, who in his eighties was still serving the Lord fervently, and at the age of eighty-six wrote in his journal, "Laziness is slowly creeping in. There is an increasing tendency to stay in bed after five-thirty in the morning."

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I can only conclude:
What passion.
What a man.
What a God he knows and loves.