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"The unfolding of your words gives light ..." (Psalm 119:130a)

Month: April 2023

O Thou in Whose Presence

April 23, 2023 / / 0 Comments

I love this hymn. And this is my favorite arrangement of it.

That fourth verse–wow, what a glimpse of heaven! Just a look from Jesus and ten thousand angels break into frenzied rejoicing. But myriads more hang in suspenseful anticipation of His word. And when He speaks eternity itself cannot contain His voice, but rises to re-echo the praise due to Him who is Himself the very Word of God.

How privileged are we to know the sweet sound of His voice?

Take the time to bask in this rich expression of worship.

Listen! Do you hear?

April 10, 2023 / / 0 Comments

Listen! Do you hear?
The Word of God so dear
Speaks in hushed and holy tones
Amid space-less, timeless zones
Where only Two can hear.

Listen! Do you hear?
The Word of God so dear
Is speaking worlds into being
Nothingness now is fleeing
From stars and trees and deer.

Listen! Do you hear?
The Word of God so clear
Is spurned and doubted
By man and wife is flouted
Plunging into death and fear.

Listen! Do you hear?
The Word of God so clear
Is speaking now in flesh
And laid in holy creche
God now shedding infant’s tear.

Listen! Do you hear?
The Word of God so dear
Silenced now upon a cross
Suffering infinite loss
As He our sins does bear.

Listen! Do you hear?
The Word of God so clear
Speaks with trumpet’s victory sound
Empty is tomb’s lifeless ground
As triumph now comes near.

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