As I get older, my appreciation for the old hymns grows deeper. I still prefer to sing the contemporary songs (most of the time), but sometimes the words of hymns blow me away.
A few weeks ago we sang "More Love to Thee," and I have to be honest - for the first few verses I wasn't paying much attention to what I was singing.
But then we sang this next verse. And the words brought me to attention mighty fast.
Let sorrow do its work
Send grief and pain
Sweet are Thy messengers
Sweet their refrain
When they can sing with me
More love O Christ to Thee
More love to Thee
More love to Thee
It's true that the hard times and challenges in life are what cause us to grow the most in our faith, if we let them. But to request them?
To refer to sorrow, grief, and pain as sweet?
To recognize that these three sing with us, "More love O Christ to Thee"?
Oh, to possess the wisdom and understanding the writer had when she penned these words!
1 comment:
Great hymn. I miss singing the hymns. We don't do rounds anymore either. I like the contemporary songs, but it is nice to go back to the oldies occasionally.
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