Posted in Christian Life, Hymns on Jun 8th, 2008 1 Comment »
I love to steal awhile away
From every cumbering care,
And spend the hours of closing day
In humble, grateful, prayer.
I love to think on mercies past,
And future good implore,
And all my cares and sorrows cast
On God, whom I adore.
I love by faith to take a view
Of brighter scenes in heaven;
The prospect doth my strength renew,
While here by [...]
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It isn’t fair — that Katelyn got her hair and I got mine. Hers is thick and softly textured, and waves when she gels it, while mine is stick straight and almost baby-fine. See those braids in the photo up there? All my hair, braided in a ponytail, would equal the thickness of one of [...]
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I once was an outcast stranger on earth,
A sinner by choice, an alien by birth,
But I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down,
An heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown.
My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men,
Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;
But now He is pleading our pardon on high,
That we [...]
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