Teach Me Some Melodious Sonnet
written at Monday, June 1, 2009
Been listening to the traditional hymn "Come Thou Fount Every Blessing." The lyrics are just soaked with meaning and wonder, it makes me think of the gracious, merciful and loving God that we worship. I encourage you all, to listen to this hymn and understand it's lyrics.
The fount or fountain of every blessing is the Lord Jesus. The fountain speaks more directly to the blood of Jesus being spilt for the forgiveness of sins. The song is a prayer first to have the Lord "tune my heart" to sing God's praise. That is, that the Lord transform our heart so that we may more appropriately offer praise to God.
It's quite a lot of think about to think about isn't it? I believe there should be a balance between the intellectual and the emotional. Can you remember the times where sometimes we'll just be so caught in the music that we forget the lyrics and it's meanings and what it tells us about the character of our God? I'm sure it's happened to me many many times. Let's contemplate, let's be still, and think about the Lord. Think about who He is, think about what He has done on the cross for us. And in that, may our songs of adoration and praises rise like a fragrant incense to Him.
Yang-shen and I went to the Esplanade for the annual ACJC choir concert. Absolutely wonderful. It is these times where I learn to appreciate more and more the natural instrument that God has blessed us with, our voices.
Thank you Lord.
Teach Me Some Melodious Sonnet
written at Monday, June 1, 2009
Been listening to the traditional hymn "Come Thou Fount Every Blessing." The lyrics are just soaked with meaning and wonder, it makes me think of the gracious, merciful and loving God that we worship. I encourage you all, to listen to this hymn and understand it's lyrics.
The fount or fountain of every blessing is the Lord Jesus. The fountain speaks more directly to the blood of Jesus being spilt for the forgiveness of sins. The song is a prayer first to have the Lord "tune my heart" to sing God's praise. That is, that the Lord transform our heart so that we may more appropriately offer praise to God.
It's quite a lot of think about to think about isn't it? I believe there should be a balance between the intellectual and the emotional. Can you remember the times where sometimes we'll just be so caught in the music that we forget the lyrics and it's meanings and what it tells us about the character of our God? I'm sure it's happened to me many many times. Let's contemplate, let's be still, and think about the Lord. Think about who He is, think about what He has done on the cross for us. And in that, may our songs of adoration and praises rise like a fragrant incense to Him.
Yang-shen and I went to the Esplanade for the annual ACJC choir concert. Absolutely wonderful. It is these times where I learn to appreciate more and more the natural instrument that God has blessed us with, our voices.
Thank you Lord.
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What matters supremely, therefore, is not
in the last analysis, the fact that I know God,
but the larger fact which underlies it --
the fact that He knows me.
J. I. Packer
