Weekend Again
This morning I walked to Tesco again ... it was lovely warm & sunny. as ever I bought too much and even though I got the bus much of the way home, my arms still felt very stretched!
And, tomorrow is Palm Sunday. Sadly the Church I "go to" doesn't sing older hymns, so I won't get to sing my favourite Palm Sunday hymn, unless they have it on the BBC programme of "Songs of Praise"
1 Ride on, ride on in majesty
as all the crowds 'Hosanna!' cry:
through waving branches slowly ride,
O Saviour, to be crucified.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
in lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ, your triumph now begin
with captured death, and conquered sin!
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty
the angel armies of the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
the last and fiercest foe defy:
the Father on his sapphire throne
awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
in lowly pomp ride on to die:
bow your meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O God, your power and reign!
They are beautiful words in honour of a very special event in Jesus' life ... and as a horse rider I can see Jeus' power over creation. Anyone wanting to ride a colt would never choose a busy, noisy path. They take time to settle, to be "broken".
The other reason that I love the hymn is for the line in verse 3 "The angel armies in the skies", remind me of my visit, many years ago, to The American War Cemetery at Cambridge ... I really, really must rerun. The mosaics in the Chapel were presumably based on this line, as the Flying Fortresses (of WWII) and Angels combine -
Well I must get a couple of Easter Cards written to get the Monday morning post, but as ever I will do a couple of days questions before I turn off the pc -
27. Have you ever failed a class?
French, when I was at school, and then my A levels only just avoided being failures.
At college I failed Biochemistry (but then over 1/2 the class did, so we didn't hav to re-sit) and Neurophysiology (although my tutor told me it was the exam nerves as apparently I wrote a lot of negatives as positives, and vice versa!
28. Do you have a certain way you have to sleep? (Covered, not covered, with or without noise etc)
I like to be covered, lying on my right (with my right foot outside the bedclothes!), and my right hand tucked under the pillow. I tend to have the radio on, but that's not essential. I always have the window open
Right, that's me done - enjoy your weeknd ... and, don't forget, we lose an hour's sleep tonight (if you are in the UK)
And, tomorrow is Palm Sunday. Sadly the Church I "go to" doesn't sing older hymns, so I won't get to sing my favourite Palm Sunday hymn, unless they have it on the BBC programme of "Songs of Praise"
Click to view1 Ride on, ride on in majesty
as all the crowds 'Hosanna!' cry:
through waving branches slowly ride,
O Saviour, to be crucified.
2 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
in lowly pomp ride on to die:
O Christ, your triumph now begin
with captured death, and conquered sin!
3 Ride on, ride on in majesty
the angel armies of the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see the approaching sacrifice.
4 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
the last and fiercest foe defy:
the Father on his sapphire throne
awaits his own anointed Son.
5 Ride on, ride on in majesty,
in lowly pomp ride on to die:
bow your meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O God, your power and reign!
They are beautiful words in honour of a very special event in Jesus' life ... and as a horse rider I can see Jeus' power over creation. Anyone wanting to ride a colt would never choose a busy, noisy path. They take time to settle, to be "broken".
The other reason that I love the hymn is for the line in verse 3 "The angel armies in the skies", remind me of my visit, many years ago, to The American War Cemetery at Cambridge ... I really, really must rerun. The mosaics in the Chapel were presumably based on this line, as the Flying Fortresses (of WWII) and Angels combine -
Well I must get a couple of Easter Cards written to get the Monday morning post, but as ever I will do a couple of days questions before I turn off the pc -
27. Have you ever failed a class?
French, when I was at school, and then my A levels only just avoided being failures.
At college I failed Biochemistry (but then over 1/2 the class did, so we didn't hav to re-sit) and Neurophysiology (although my tutor told me it was the exam nerves as apparently I wrote a lot of negatives as positives, and vice versa!
28. Do you have a certain way you have to sleep? (Covered, not covered, with or without noise etc)
I like to be covered, lying on my right (with my right foot outside the bedclothes!), and my right hand tucked under the pillow. I tend to have the radio on, but that's not essential. I always have the window open
Right, that's me done - enjoy your weeknd ... and, don't forget, we lose an hour's sleep tonight (if you are in the UK)