1. Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish, Come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel; Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish: Earth has no sorrow that heav’n cannot heal. 2. Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure! Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, “Earth has…
Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul: A Reflection on Finding Comfort in Christ
The hymn Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul has always struck a chord with me, especially in seasons of hardship. It’s like someone sat down and captured the cries of my heart during the most challenging times. Anne Steele, the hymn’s author, puts words to what many of us feel—this longing to find a…
Faith, Hope, and a Life Worthy of the Lord
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the…
Reflecting on God’s Divine Will (again)
This hymn returns to my thoughts often and always gives me more to consider. Whate’er my God ordains is right His holy will abideth I will be still whate’er He does and follow where He guideth He is my God, though dark my road He holds me that I shall not fall And so to…
Beholding the Cross: Reflecting on “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
When I Survey The Wonderous Cross When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God; All the vain things that charm me…
A Heart Occupied by Grace: Reflecting on “O Great God”
O Great God Of Highest Heaven O great God of highest heaven Occupy my lowly heart Own it all and reign supreme Conquer every rebel power Let no vice or sin remain That resists Your holy war You have loved and purchased me Make me Yours forevermore I was blinded by my sin Had no…
Finding Peace in “Before the Throne of God Above”
“Before the throne of God above, I have a strong and perfect plea.” These words remind us of a simple but powerful truth: our place with God isn’t based on what we’ve done, but on what Jesus has done for us. This song brings us back to the solid assurance that Jesus is our advocate,…
Trust In Him At All Times
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out…
“Understand This”
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,…
Ending The Month of Posting Every Day
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that…