That’s how my morning started, with a song. As you can tell by this posting, it was a later start than usual.
What a wonderful night’s sleep.
As I began to focus on the day, my heart started to sing:
“My Jesus I love Thee, I know Thou art mine
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign
My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus ’tis now
I love Thee because Thou has first loved me
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus ’tis now
I’ll love Thee in life and I will love Thee in death
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow
If ever I loved Thee my Jesus ’tis now”
This song was written in 1862 and has been printed in thousands of hymn books and sung by millions of people, but this morning it was mine to sing in the quiet of our living room. Our RV is a place of worship and this morning it was a concert hall for a choir of one.
Yesterday, Dave and I spent the better part of the morning decorating our little piece of the world for Christmas. Although you’ll see a few candy canes and a sleigh, front and center, inside and out, it will be the nativity sets that command the attention.
Our home, like yours, is a place where the Lord is honored at this special time of year.
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17 NLT
A message to ring loud and clear: shouted from the heavens and whispered by the heart.
“ And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 NLT
It’s no wonder why my heart was singing. I have been saved from my sins because He came.
Find the song that fills your heart today and sing it loudly as praise to our Lord and Savior!