Here’s a new one from Joshua and Jeremy Swanson: Most Perfect Is the Law of God… and we are back in Psalm 119. Click “CC” for the lyrics. If you know your Bible, you’ll find them quite familiar.
Category: Christian fellowship
‘Thy Word Is a Lamp Unto My Feet’
I fell in love with this hymn the first time I heard it on Christian radio, sometime last century. No one sings it better than Amy Grant–Thy Word is a Lamp Unto My Feet, Psalm 119:105.
By Request, ‘For the Cause’
Here’s one I’d never heard before, requested by SlimJim–For the Cause, by Keith and Kristyn Getty. Funny: I was thinking of them last night. Background sets by God the Father.
‘We Are Going Down the Valley’
Here’s a hymn I never heard before–We Are Going Down the Valley, performed at home by Nathan and Lyle and a couple of friends. I’m always amazed by the music they can make without a studio… all in praise of the Lord.
‘Almost Hopeless’ Means ‘A Little Bit Hopeful’
Our car situation has been upgraded from Completely Hopeless to Very Difficult And Not Likely to Turn Out Well. That’s a little bit of ground gained.
I couldn’t help thinking of this scene from The Princess Bride, in which Miracle Max explains, “Mostly dead is a little bit alive.” Patty’s car, at present, is mostly dead: which means a little bit alive.
Well, we’re still here, which means God’s providence has never failed us. These things come along and stomp on our lives and try us. As bad as this car thing is, losing our cat Peep was worse; and Patty’s hernia was no picnic, either. It’s a fallen world and bits of it are always falling on us.
But God put us here and gave us the ability to help, and love, and care for, and comfort one another: that’s why we’re here. Just recently I’ve been surprised by how many people are willing to help us cope with this mess. Something to be kept in mind, from now on.
Thank you for your prayers.
And now I have to crank out a Newswithviews column.
‘How Firm a Foundation’
No hymn requests this morning, so I have to go with one of my favorites–How Firm a Foundation, performed the old-fashioned way by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. In our church we used to sing this to the tune of O Come, All Ye Faithful… I don’t know why.
By Request, ‘Rock of Ages’
If there ever was a classic hymn, this is it–written in 1775 and still going strong today.
Requested by Erlene: Rock of Ages, sung by the Antrim Mennonite Choir.
[Thank you all for your prayers, these past two days. I think that God has heard them.]
By Request, ‘We Are Not Alone’
I’m doing hymn requests this afternoon, because it’s good for us. The nooze can wait.
Phoebe requested this beautiful hymn, We Are Not Alone, by the Voice of Eden. Oh, the voice of that soloist!
Between your prayers and the active help of our neighbor, Josh, and some of his friends, we’re learning just how not alone we are! Praise the Lord.
Josh to the Rescue
(I’ll try to get back to doing nooze sometime today. I don’t know when.)
As our car crisis lurches its way toward disaster, we have one high card left to play–our neighbor, Joshua. We have some mighty good neighbors around here, and he’s one of them. Moreover, he’s a car guy. He knows cars.
Yesterday he went to the body shop and took pictures of Patty’s car, and today he means to scout around and try to find someplace where they’ll do the job. He is going very far out of his way to help us, and we won’t forget it.
So yesterday the message was “Too much work, ain’t worth doin’,” and today it’s “Your car won’t run in reverse” (although I had no trouble backing it out from where it had been pushed–but they didn’t believe me). We don’t know what’s happening with this body shop, and maybe Josh can find a better one.
Please keep praying for us, folks.
‘More Festival of Idiocy’ (2017)
Robert Lee: does he look like a Confederate general to you?
The jidrools at ESPN took a broadcaster off the air because his name was Robert Lee. Presumably they knew what his name was when they hired him. Mr. Lee is Chinese-American. Lee is a very common Chinese surname. And how many Roberts are there in America?
But suddenly they had a problem! Oh, no! Like, the guy’s name is Robert Lee! Just like in the Civil War! We can’t have him on the air! He fought for slavery! Good thing we caught it in time.
First they’ll make us stupid; then they’ll make us extinct.