Thankful Thursday

I’m thankful for a safe trip and I’m thankful to be home again. I’m very thankful for family there and for family here.

I’m thankful that God is in control and that we can trust him to work in all things to accomplish his good purposes.

On Thursdays throughout this year, I plan to post a few thoughts of thanksgiving along with Kim at the Upward Call and others. Why don’t you participate by posting your thanksgiving each week, too? It’ll be an encouragement to you and to others, I promise.

Lady of Leisure

Yes, I am taking another vacation from blogging. I expect to be back to a normal blogging schedule in a couple of weeks.

But wait! First I have another color test for you: Can you match the color to its Crayola name? (mental_floss Blog) 

I scored 7/9. After the fold, I’ll tell you which ones I got wrong. Anyone who clicks through before taking the test for themselves …

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Sunday's Hymn

I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art

I greet Thee, who my sure Redeemer art,
My only trust and Savior of my heart,
Who pain didst undergo for my poor sake;
I pray Thee from our hearts all cares to take.

Thou art the King of mercy and of grace,
Reigning omnipotent in every place;
So come, O King, and our whole being sway;
Shine on us with the light of Thy pure day.

Thou art the life, by which alone we live,
And all our substance and our strength receive;
Oh comfort us in death’s approaching hour,
Strong-hearted then to face it by Thy power.

Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness,
No harshness hast Thou and no bitterness;
Make us to taste the sweet grace found in Thee
And ever stay in Thy sweet unity.

Our hope is in no other save in Thee;
Our faith is built upon Thy promise free;
Oh grant to us such stronger help and sure,
That we can boldly conquer and endure.

—Strasbourg Psalter, 1545

Listen to an mp3 from Center for Church Music.

Listen to an iTunes podcast on this hymn from First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, MS.

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Hark the Herald Angels Sing and I Am Praying for You at Wordwise Hymns (Hymn lovers will want to put this blog in their feed reader.)
• Praise to the Lord, the Almighty at threegirldad
• Holy Father, in Thy Mercy at The Happy Wonderer
• By Faith in Christ, I Walk with God at Whatever Is Good
• My Times Are in Thy Hands at Field Stone Cottage
• The Ends of All the Earth Shall Hear at Hiraeth
• All People That On Earth Do Dwell at Conjubilant with Song
• Lord’s Day 34, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• On creeds and those who eschew them (Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon) at Pyromaniacs

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.