Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
To those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
As she sang that hymn she remembered being a child with her grandparents up in the
mountains. "Every evening after dinner," she writes "one of my brothers came with his
mandolin and sang several hymns." The hymn she remembered that night went something
like, "Sweet beautiful words of Jesus, They are the only truth, They are light for the heart..."
The words of this old hymn comforted this lady. They took her pain and bitterness away. In
their place she experienced joy and gratitude.
Our faith is strengthened when we remember what we have already learned. The stories, the
hymns, the prayers. In them we find Jesus.
(Psalm 103.18
NRSV)
A Christian lady in Turin, Italy writes of waking up in the middle of the night. A strong wind had
been blowing for three days, shaking the pine trees making them creak. She was in a period
of her life when she felt overwhelmed by discontent and disillusionment. She opened the Bible
looking for some comforting words. She first did what she usually does, though. She covered
her face with her hands and asked the Lord to be with her. In her mind, she began to sing a
hymn that she had learned more than 60 years ago.
Dear God, help me to remember and to find you today and forever. Amen.
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