Too much hurly-burly! And on Good Friday, no less. Time to re-focus. Get back to the center of Creation, the Lord Our God. Time for a hymn.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty: written by Joachim Neander in 1680, sung by Fernando Ortega. Background sets the work of God’s own hands.
This was a mighty good idea that Joshua had–to post Joy to the World… because we need it now, we need reminding that the Lord our Savior has come, has been here, has purchased our salvation– We celebrate His birth at Christmas, but Jesus Christ is Lord over all the days of the year, our shepherd and our king forever.
Sung by Fernando Ortega.
We have two hymn requests this morning instead of none, so I have hastened to post them! This one is There Is Power in the Blood, requested by Joshua, performed by Fernando Ortega.
If we ever needed hymns, we need them now.
This sweet hymn, I Will Sing of My Redeemer, was requested by Joshua. It’s already bedtime in Japan, but it’ll be here when he wakes. Performed by Fernando Ortega.
Requested by Susan–Take Heart, My Friend (“the Lord is with us”), sung by Fernando Ortega.
Without the Lord we wouldn’t last ten minutes.
Requested by Joshua, another beautiful hymn by Fernando Ortega–All Flesh Is Like the Grass. The gorgeous background scenery is bittersweet for me. We used to have so much of it, around here. So much beauty! Now almost all of those places are gone as if they’d never been. And I’m still here.
Peep has calmed down somewhat, and we have a hymn request from Susan–Creation Song, by Fernando Ortega. Goes rather nicely with I Sing the Mighty Power of God, don’t you think?
That last nooze post jangled me pretty bad, and I’m grateful to Joshua for this hymn request. In fact, this particular hymn, with these visuals, was exactly what I needed.
All Creatures of Our God and King, a good old-fashioned hymn performed by Fernando Ortega… with living things by God the Father.
I meant to post this for Joshua this morning, but somehow it slipped away from me. So here it is now, requested by Joshua, performed by Fernando Ortega–What Wondrous Love Is This. Quite beautiful, really.
Inspired by Psalm 95: 6,7, Come, Let Us Worship, sung by Fernando Ortega. Requested by Joshua.