There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high… Psalm 46:4.
Do you suppose this is the river that the Psalmist meant? It’s the river of the spirit, and it flows everywhere.
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‘Shall We Gather at the River?’
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God… Psalm 46:4
An old-fashioned hymn, one of my favorites: Shall We Gather at the River, sung here by Burl Ives.
By Request, ‘I AM’
Let’s have a hymn.
Requested by Erlene, I AM, by Marty Goetz–an adaptation of Psalm 46, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble…” Yeah, I think that’s what I need. Thank you for the request, Erlene: it comes at just the right time.
‘Humanist Poison–and the Antidote’ (2017)
As long as we’re not usin’ ’em…
I wonder how far they’ve got with this business, since I posted this five years ago.
The idea was to create a human “interface” with computers so that somebody at a keyboard somewhere could delete someone else’s thoughts… and also insert thoughts that Big Brother wants you to have.
You put the right thoughts in, you pull the wrong thoughts out; you do the hokey-pokey and you shake it all about…
This is supposed to appeal to us, somehow?
As for the antidote: see Psalm 46. Come to think of it, Psalm 2 also applies–big-time.
Lately I’ve been thinking there’s more and more frivolity among the “Science” community: an awful lot of truly trivial thinking. Anybody else see that?
Make Sure to Smell the Flowers!
This is my stepdaughter’s dog, Chance, taking time to smell the flowers (look, Georgia, you’re famous!)–thus personifying a wise old saying: Make time to smell the flowers.
“Be still, and know that I am God…” (Psalm 46:10). There’s a lot we miss if we don’t find time for stillness. That goes for me, too. Ask anyone who knows me.
Psalm 46
I have to hurry up and post this, because any moment I’m liable to lose my internet connection.
So, let’s go–Psalm 46, “God is our refuge and our strength,” and do we ever need Him!
‘Shall We Gather at the River?’
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God… (Psalm 46:4)
Christians loved this hymn when it was published in 1864, and we still love it today: Shall We Gather at the River? Sung by the students at Fountainview Academy, British Columbia.
‘Shall We Gather at the River?’
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high… Psalm 46:4
I don’t think I’ve posted this good old hymn in a while–Shall We Gather at the River?, performed by Nathan and Lyle, with family and friends, in Denton County, Texas.
Psalm 46, ‘Our Refuge and Strength’
I read this Psalm this morning–Psalm 46, “God is our refute and strength”–and I want to share it with you.
God’s providence is woven into the fiber of the physical universe, sustaining it moment by moment. But He is also the Lord of Hosts, mighty in battle: and when He intervenes in history–watch out!
‘A Mighty Fortress Is Our God’
“God is our refuge and strength…” Psalm 46. Martin Luther, inspired by the Psalm, wrote A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. I think you’ll agree we need daily access to that refuge.
Sung here by the Roger Wagner Chorale–turn up the volume.