Sunday's Hymn

Here’s a hymn sung by the congregation of Riverdale Baptist Church in Whitehorse, Yukon this morning.

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free!
Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!

—-S. Tre­vor Fran­cis

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From YouTube, a haunting celtic version of this hymn  by Joanne Hogg.

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

• Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me? at Hiraeth
• Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 38, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve Me? at joythruChrist
  
• Come Sing, Ye Choirs Exultant at Conjubilant with Song
• Through the Love of God Our Savior at Whatever Things…
• O Christ, Who Hath Prepared a Place at The Happy Wonderer
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon: The Virtue of Candor in Preaching at Pyromaniacs
• Like a River Glorious at Practicing Theology
  
• Though Troubles Assail Us at Driveway Blogger
  

Have you posted a hymn today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.

Home: September 19

Every Tuesday and Friday for the rest of September, I’ll be collecting posts on the topic of home. Do you have a post I should include? Leave the link in the comments here or email it to me. Poems, photos, lists, stories, you-name-it—it’s all welcome.

Recent home related posts

Jill, a first time contributor to the monthly them post here, celebrates four years in her family’s home.

I have trouble remembering life before we moved to Orem. Life before chickens; before we became gardeners and harvesters and hobby-homesteaders. Life before we wanted to be home, couldn’t wait to be home, spent as much time as possible at home, were most content at home.

A lovely post and a lovely home!

And another first time contributor, Deanna, urges us to open our home to friends, neighbours and family.

I’d say having Dorothy’s cross stitched picture on the wall would help make things homey!

I’ve posted yet another list: There’s No Place Like Home.

There's No Place at Home

Number 7 on my list of things to post when I’m too busy to think: When all else fails, make a list.

Here are 5 things that I think help make a house a home.

1. A front porch. My front porch is very small, but I stilI love to sit out on in the summer to watch the world go by as I drink my morning cup of coffee. And in the summer, it doesn’t hurt if the front porch has a few hanging baskets full of blooming flower.

2. Pets. Nothing makes the place seem cozy like a couple of dogs and cats sleeping.

3. Babies and toddlers, although I have no wee ones living here and no grandbabies to visit, either. But if I did, they’d help make the place more homey.

4. A little untidiness. A homey house looks lived-in. True confession: In my obsessively tidy days, I’d put every single thing away, clean from top to bottom, and then lay an open book here, a jacket there, a cup and saucer on the kitchen table and a tea towel on the counter, all in an attempt to make a too-tidy house look like a home. Fortunately, that phase of my life ended a long time ago and I no longer need such props—ever.

5. Fresh flowers. I always have them, and no, I don’t feel guilty about the money I spend on them. And when I can’t have fresh flowers—like when it’s -40C in the middle of the winter—I have candles lit as a bouquet substitute.

What about you? What do you think helps make your house a home?