hymn from church this morning
Would I have an answered when you called, "Come, follow, follow me!"?
Would I at once have left behind both work and family?
Or would the old, familiar round have held me by its claim and kept the spark within my heart from bursting into flame?
Would I have followed where you led through ancient Galilee,
On roads unknown, by ways untried, beyond security?
Or would I soon have hurried back where home and comfort drew,
Where truth you taught would not disturb the ordered world I knew?
Would I have matched my step with yours when crowds cried, "Crucify!"
When on a rocky hill I saw a cross against the sky?
Or would I too have slipped away and left you there alone,
A dying king with crown of thorns upon a terrible throne?
O Christ, I cannot search my heart through all its tangled ways, nor can I with a certain mind my steadfastness appraise. I only pray that when you call, "Come, follow, follow me!" you'll give me strength beyond my own to follow faithfully.
2137 FWS
Praise God this week: for the Chrysillis/Emmaus community. for Elysa and Kate :) for comfort that none of us can understand, and a plan that exceeds our wildest imaginations. for songs that He puts on our hearts that make our souls smile. for preparation of the heart and the peace that goes with loving Him wholeheartedly.
Would I at once have left behind both work and family?
Or would the old, familiar round have held me by its claim and kept the spark within my heart from bursting into flame?
Would I have followed where you led through ancient Galilee,
On roads unknown, by ways untried, beyond security?
Or would I soon have hurried back where home and comfort drew,
Where truth you taught would not disturb the ordered world I knew?
Would I have matched my step with yours when crowds cried, "Crucify!"
When on a rocky hill I saw a cross against the sky?
Or would I too have slipped away and left you there alone,
A dying king with crown of thorns upon a terrible throne?
O Christ, I cannot search my heart through all its tangled ways, nor can I with a certain mind my steadfastness appraise. I only pray that when you call, "Come, follow, follow me!" you'll give me strength beyond my own to follow faithfully.
2137 FWS
Praise God this week: for the Chrysillis/Emmaus community. for Elysa and Kate :) for comfort that none of us can understand, and a plan that exceeds our wildest imaginations. for songs that He puts on our hearts that make our souls smile. for preparation of the heart and the peace that goes with loving Him wholeheartedly.