There is an Old Testament scripture that has often given me comfort.
Jeremiah 17:14:
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be HEALED; save me, and I shall be SAVED: for thou art my praise.
You healed me O Lord, and I am healed.
My Savior unto Thee
[Sung to the tune of “My Country ‘tis of Thee”]
My Savior unto thee,
Give I my heart to free,
To thee I cling.
Lord who for me has died,
Pierced ‘twas his wounded side.
Ever in him abide.
Of thee I sing.
Believers Go Singing Along
[Sung to the tune of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along”]
With our thoughts, up above,
Walking in our Father’s love,
And believers, go singing along.
In and out, up and down,
Speaking truth, all over town,
And believers, go singing along.
Let’s Open Our Hearts to the Father
Let’s open our hearts to the Father,
Let’s sing with a fervor and love,
Let’s put aside each fear and bother,
Let’s bask in His grace from above.
Out from the Darkness and into the Light
Have you a master who saves from each plight?
Come out from the darkness and into the light.
Do you have hope in the black of the night?
Come out from the darkness and into the light.
Are you encased in a deep, deadly fright?
Come out from the darkness and into the light.
Can you find answers to do what is right?
Come out from the darkness and into the light.
Fishers of Men
Not catching with hook and a spindle,
Nor netting with taught, woven twine.
But lighting a fire to kindle,
Deep love that will bring life divine.
Rodgers and Hammerstein put it well with:
“Oh, what a beautiful mornin’
Oh, what a beautiful day
I’ve got a beautiful feelin’
Everything’s goin’ my way.”
God invented the morning! It is a fresh start every 24-hour period.
I am able to live and write and think because God gave me a body and a mind. My parents had a lot to do with me being here. It is THROUGH their relationship with each other that I was conceived and born. When I got born AGAIN years later, it was THROUGH all that Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior did for me. Let’s look at what we have THROUGH CHRIST in some of the New Testament uses of this idea.
As tomorrow America celebrates 250 years, let’s give thanks to God our Father for all the riches we have as a nation, in Christ.