Whoops! This was the hymn that Weavingword actually asked for. So here it is, 10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman. So we got Whom Shall I Fear as a bonus.
I’m tired. The high winds of the Global Warming blizzard tore our storm door out of its frame–ripped the screws right out. It’s hard to rip out screws. I couldn’t do it if I tried.
Praise our God from whom all blessings flow.
Okay, this is our first reader request for the day, Whom Shall I Fear. Weavingword, this one’s for you.
And I am running late, late, late… I’ll catch up if I can.
Keep those hymn requests coming, folks.
For Ina in Scotland, here we have Boney M’s rendition of By the Rivers of Babylon.
I am taking requests in the order I receive them (mostly), so again, everybody, be patient, I will get to yours. It’s my pleasure to do so.
You asked for it, Joyce, so here it is: This is the Day that the Lord Hath Made. Sorry it took so long, but I’ve got a backlog–which is a good thing.
Everybody out there, if you’ve requested a hymn, I will get to it, never fear. I have yet to turn down a request, so don’t be shy.
We sing like we pray–so God can hear us.
Hi! Mr. Nature here.
Right now it’s snowing sideways and we’ve already got almost two feet of it on the ground, with more to come. Dig that Global Warming.
But here’s an animal that normally inhabits the northern coast of Greenland and some of the really, really cold parts of Canada–the musk ox.
The babies are cute as buttons. They will grow up to weigh 800 pounds with very sharp horns, and for big animals, they’re very light on their feet. In modern times they’ve been introduced to places where they lived during prehistoric times, such as Siberia, where they seem to be doing well.
North coast of Greenland–wow. Who would expect anything to be able to live there–let alone a large herbivorous mammal?
There’s no quibbling with God’s stuff, though. It always works.
This comes from my chess buddy, Jessicafischerqueen–it’s Canadian singer Daniel Lanois performing The Maker.
Why am I posting all this music? I’m not really a music kind of guy.
Well, I’ll tell you–to me, it just feels and looks like our whole civilization’s going down the tubes, getting devoured by the ungodly and the wicked, farther down each day… and what can we do, you and I? What is there to show for our conviction, our reasoning, our rhetoric, our passion, or our works? Nor does our cleverness seem to be getting us anywhere.
We need for God to hear us. We need for Jesus Christ Our Lord to set things right. Let fire out of Heaven consume the false prophets of this age.
And we need to sing louder.
Let’s rinse out minds out after that last news item, shall we?
This ancient Irish hymn, from way back in the 8th century, gets requested all the time. It’s one of my favorites, so I’m always glad to post it. This version is by Jason Waller.
Think of it: just a few hundred years before this hymn was composed, the Irish were pagans and head-hunters.
May the Holy Spirit transform our nation!
Joyce, you asked for it and here it is: this rendition by Alan Jackson. I’d also like to hear Johnny Cash perform this song, but that I couldn’t find.
There is a lot of Christian music out there, and it doesn’t have to be published in a hymnal for me to post it here. It’s all to do with making a joyful noise unto the Lord.
In the old Dutch Reformed Church, in which I grew up, but is no more, this hymn was sung to the melody of O, Come, All Ye Faithful. We have it here by request.
I have received a lot of requests for hymns today, which pleases me, and I’m saying yes to all of them. It may take me a few days, though, to get them all in. So if you don’t see the hymn you asked for right away, it’s all right–I will get to it.
I never thought I’d be doing this, on this blog: but I’m pretty sure it’s the right thing to do, and pleasing to God.
By reader request–here’s one I never heard of, but it certainly has a lot of go to it, and strongly echoes Psalm 100 ( “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise”).
Sing, Christians, so our King can hear us praise Him.