"Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me"

[hermionesviolin]

This was one of the hymns at CHPC on Sunday (albeit minorly contemporized/PC-ified, which I basically ignored). It was stuck in my head this morning, which was probably an improvement over the recent internal singing I've been doing of angsty stuff like Dar's "Iowa." When we sang it on Sunday, I found myself particularly struck by the first and third lines of the third verse -- hence the bolding here.

Great is Thy Faithfulness

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.

Refrain

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Refrain

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Refrain

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In other news, Ian bought chocolate covered edamame, decided they were awful, and thus brought them in to share.

Comments

[mjules.livejournal.com]

*smiles* It's odd (or maybe not) but those are the lines that have always stood out to me in that hymn, as well.

ditto

[onwingsofeagles.livejournal.com]

previous commenter beat me to it :)

[diadeloro.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth,
I'm going back to school on Monday and still need to get those West Wing dvds returned to you. We should discuss a way to do that.
Many thanks to you and your friend for the loan.
~Kate

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome.

Do you wanna meet somewhere tomorrow (Saturday)? I'm happy to take the T out to Newton or something so you don't have to waste a lot of time in transit since I know you've got tons to do.

[diadeloro.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That would be great if we could meet somewhere. Could you do Sunday instead though? It's just that I have an appointment at 1:30 tomorrow, and some other errands to run, which makes it hard for me to go anywhere else.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I could do mid-afternoon Sunday.

[diadeloro.livejournal.com]

Okay. I think that would be better for me. As early as you can do it on Sunday I think would be best for me, 'cause then I can avoid possible traffic. Thanks so much!

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I think I could be at Newton Centre Station (or whichever Green Line station works best for you) around 1:30 on Sunday. Would that work?

[diadeloro.livejournal.com]

Around 1:30 sounds great. Could you make it out to Waban Station though? It would probably save me about 15 minutes each way of city driving.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Sure, I'll come out to Waban Station, no problem.

[diadeloro.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I'll see you there.