Passing The Days Staying Home

 Music is a wonderful passtime and music that praises our Savior helps with the concern of the unknown future.

One thing is known with certainty, there is a God, He is on His Throne and He cares for you and me.

Join me on the Rock.

♪ On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand, ♪

Spiritually speaking, the rock is Christ. Paul called Jesus a rock in 1st Cor. 10:4. In 1st Pet. 2, Peter refers to Jesus as the 'living Stone' and the 'precious cornerstone'. On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.

HYMN HISTORY: 

Sometimes the grace of God penetrates into unlikely places. Edward Mote's parents were hostile to religion, but while still a boy Edward became a Christian through the influence of a cabinetmaker to whom he was apprenticed. As a man, he became a skilled cabinetmaker with a successful business of his own.

Regardless of the claims of his business on his time, Mote always found time to worship God. He was especially interested in Christian music, and one day felt inspired on the way to work to write down a verse that came to his mind. Before the day was finished, he had completed four verses. His new hymn began with the words, "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness."

Not long thereafter, Mote visited a friend whose wife was ill. It was a Sunday, and the friend mentioned that he and his wife liked to observe Sunday by singing a hymn, reading a scripture, and having prayer together. Mote had a copy of his hymn in his pocket, so they sang it. The friend's wife was so taken with the hymn that she requested a copy for herself. Encouraged by her interest, Mote had copies printed –– and soon found himself the author of a beloved hymn.

BIBLE VERSE: 

Matthew 7:24 - 

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

HYMN LYRICS:

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

The GLOW group did the neatest thing yesterday.  After some trial and error, we managed to connect together through visual private message.  Only four of us took part and we had so much fun.  

 We plan to do it again next week and hopefully all six of us will participate!

I did some online grocery shopping with Kroger, when I checked out it gave me a next pickup date was Tuesday.  WoW....there must be a lot of people shopping online.  The stores are full of people and the shelves are mostly bare.  The sad thing is the stores are stocking, but people are over buying. 😞

Until Next Time