Sane, Simple, Sacred: Jesus IS Beautiful

Jesus IS Beautiful

Beauty begets beauty because when we see it we must share it. (Tim Keller)

Beautiful Savior,
King of Creation,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I'd love Thee,
Truly I'd serve Thee,
Light of my soul, my Joy, my Crown.

Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer;
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.

Fair is the sunshine,
Fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer,
Than all the angels in the sky.

Beautiful Savior,
Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor,
Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be Thine!

"Beautiful Savior"
by Author Unknown, 1677
Translated by Joseph A. Seiss, 1823-1904

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Nellie's Cozy PlaceJune 23, 2014 at 8:59 AM
Lovely poem or song...............and He truly is a beautiful savior, can imagine doing life without HIM.....
Can you???
Hope this finds you doing well hon, and glad to hear your hubby and Dad are coming along so well.
God is good............

Have a delightful day.............
It looks like it is gonna be a gloomy day here so far, very overcast, so we must be gonna get
rain early today.............

Blessings, Nellie
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elaine @ peace for the journeyJune 23, 2014 at 10:31 AM
aka as "Fairest Lord Jesus" (wording a little different) - One of my favorites! One has to wonder what the writer was going through/thinking about when he/she scribed these beautiful words to paper.

Peace and prayers for a beautiful week, Rebecca.
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FlowerLady LorraineJune 23, 2014 at 11:26 AM
That was wonderful!

Thank you for sharing ~ FlowerLady
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Brenda Leyland @ Its A Beautiful LifeJune 23, 2014 at 8:19 PM
He is Beautiful indeed! Enjoyed humming that lovely hymn and remembering the words. Thank you for sharing it with us....

Brenda
oxo
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TamaraJune 25, 2014 at 8:53 PM
I so miss the green and flowers from the mid-west (which seems so far east to me). I wasted $$$ trying to get a Hosta to grow here in the SW. Indeed, Jesus IS beautiful.
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PamelaJune 25, 2014 at 10:06 PM
I thought this was new to me until I read the comment about Fairest Lord Jesus. Just beautiful words. Light of my Soul, my Jewel, my Crown. (Emily went to a Lutheran preschool, too.)
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Breathing In GraceJune 28, 2014 at 8:53 AM
Just stopping by to say hi and hope you're doing well. hope you have an awesome weekend!!!
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MoJune 30, 2014 at 10:15 PM
Beautiful song. Good for humming.
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

Sane, Simple, Sacred

Mercy

Jesus IS Beautiful

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