Great is Thy Faithfulness













Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided--
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Words by Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923. Ac­cord­ing to Chis­holm, there were no spe­cial cir­cum­stanc­es which caused its writ­ing—just his ex­per­i­ence and Bi­ble truth. The hymn first ap­peared in Songs of Sal­va­tion and Serv­ice, 1923, com­piled by Wil­liam M. Run­yan. It is the un­of­fi­cial “school hymn” of Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute (my alma mater) in Chi­ca­go, with which Run­yan was as­so­ci­at­ed for a num­ber of years.
Tiny starter plants, rain, sunshine, a small border in our hosta garden, a harvest of fresh greens! EVERYTHING I need for life and godliness (II Peter 1:3) comes from the hand of a Faithful Father! Thank you, God.

7 comments:

  1. What a pretty little poem!
    Beautiful Scripture quote, beautiful pictures, and beautiful sentiment!

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  2. Hi Rebecca,
    Your poem was very nice indeed! And your lettuce made me hungry! I'm thinking salad.

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  3. Nice post and love to hear Chicago mentioned!

    blessings and hugs,

    marcy

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  4. ...Lord unto me! Yes, His faithfullness is never ending.

    Your lettuce and is it spinach? looks delicious!

    Thanks for sharing dear friend,

    lady m

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  5. This is one hymn that I haven't written a monologue for. I started something at my church called "Heart of Worship". The author of a particular hymn comes to the church an talks about their life and salvation and the hymn that they've written. So far, we meant Fanny J Crosby, John Newton, Horatio Spafford, Julia Ward Howe & Chaplin Charles McCabe, Francis Scott Key. They are dress as they would be for their day & time. I have several who have yet paid us a visit. I think the next one is William Booth.

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  6. I always find much comfort visiting here, lovely poem, picture and scripture....:-) Hugs

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Writing a Song a Week #3

Writing a Song a Week #3
♪ I wait for the Lord; my soul waits and in his word I hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning ♪ (Psalm 130:5-6)