What do racoons, ping-pong, and (beloved children’s author) Sally Lloyd-Jones have to do with Matthew 6:2-4?
This track from Slugs and Bugs called When You Give to the Needy makes it all seem obvious.
What do racoons, ping-pong, and (beloved children’s author) Sally Lloyd-Jones have to do with Matthew 6:2-4?
This track from Slugs and Bugs called When You Give to the Needy makes it all seem obvious.
I stumbled across a YouTube channel called Anchor Hymns.
The page describes its songs as “Rooted in sacred, reverential, and vulnerable honesty these hymns dive deep into the human condition. … More than just a serious collection of spiritual songs, these are meant to be played on a continuum of musical sophistication, allowing room for worship musicians to level up their skills or to simplify the sounds and play within their skillset.”
The three songs released so far are from 2003, 2014, and 2020.
This song is All Sons And Daughter’s Christ Be All Around Me by Anchor Hymns featuring Village Lights and Jasmine Mullen.
The project seems to use a variety of Integrity Music musicians to cover the songs.
The lyrics:
Lyrics
As I rise, breathe of God
Go before, lift me up
As I wake, eyes of God
Look upon, be my sight
As I wait, heart of God
Satisfy and sustain
As I hear, voice of God
Lead me on, be my guide
Be my guide
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
And as I go, Hand of God
My defense, by my side
As I rest, breath of God
Fall upon, bring me peace
Bring me peace
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
Christ be all around me
Christ be all around me
Your life, Your death
Your blood was shed
For every moment
Every moment
Your life, Your death
Your blood was shed
For every moment
Every moment
Your life, Your death
Your blood was shed
For every moment
Every moment
Your life, Your death
Your blood was shed
For every moment
Every moment
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
Above and below me
Before and behind me
In every eye that sees me
Christ be all around me
Christ be all around me
Christ be all around me
Word and Music: David Leonard, Jack Mooring, Leeland Mooring, and Leslie Jordan
© 2014 Integrity’s Praise! Music (BMI), Little Way Creative (BMI) (adm at IntegratedRights.com), Jack Mooring Music (SESAC), Meaux Jeaux Music (SESAC), Meaux Mercy (BMI) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com)
Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 36
Chapter 21 – Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day (Cont.) Paragraphs 7-8
VII. As it is of the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in his Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men in all ages, he has particularly appointed one day in seven for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto him: which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week; and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which in Scripture is called the Lord’s Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath.
VIII. This Sabbath is to be kept holy unto the Lord when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs beforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all the day from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations; but also are taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of his worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy.
Watching Walk The Line, a movie based on the life of Johnny Cash.
It leaves the narrative of his life after a certain point, which means the Christian faith of his later life doesn’t get hugely engaged with.
Like most movies this one doesn’t quite know what to do with faith, and representing Cash’s faith is pretty complex.
Cash’s life was one that needed grace.
Among the hymns he recorded, Farther Along expresses that complexity of faith, trust, and the need for grace.
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