Posts Tagged ‘Christian life’

One hymn I think is particularly beautiful, but don’t know well enough to sing without a hymnal, is “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” Someone brought it to mind today, so I thought I would work on learning it by heart this week.

If you’re wondering what on earth “raise mine ebenezer” means, here’s a great explanation of the Biblical meaning behind the words in the song.

1. Come, thou Fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.

2. Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’m come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.

3. O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.

{Guest post by Maiden Princess}

Joy is not a feeling. You cannot package it, market it, or sell it in pill form.

Joy is a choice that once made will affect you and everyone you come in contact with for the rest of the day.

Joy isn’t always smiling, it isn’t always laughter. Joy is not floating on Cloud 9 or making sure everybody thinks your life is perfect, without bump or struggle.

Joy is just this, the peace and contentment that comes from knowing that God is in control no matter what happens. It believes that His sacrifice paid the price in full and now we can live forgiven.

Joy is choosing to find “the good” (Romans 8:28) in all situations.

Joy is choosing to let God rule even when your world feels out of control.

Joy is just resting, just accepting, and just knowing that God is in all.

No, joy is not a feeling. Joy is a choice!

Today I’m so grateful for my salvation. God has shown such great mercy and grace to me!