The old Christian hymns often said things so much more wisely and profoundly than the “praise and worship” music that permeates many churches today. They weren’t so repetitive and chant-like. They told stories and conveyed such faith in a relationship with the one true living, loving God.

I’m sharing one of those old standards here again. It uses what’s often referred to as “the king’s English”, but its message is clearly one of Grace. And that’s the cornerstone of the story of Emmanuel: God with us.

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.

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.

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!

(repeat chorus)

Yeah, that definitely doesn’t even remotely sound like what’s played in churches these days. I’m not saying there aren’t any good new praise and worship. But they’re, as my Grandmother used to say, scarce as a hen’s teeth. (in case you don’t know, hen ain’t got no teeth)

OK, there’s my two cents worth for now.

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