Only in the Yukon: Signs of Spring

• In the front yard, there are crisscrossing squirrel tracks in the layer of fresh snow.
• The long term forecast shows every day with above freezing highs.
• It is light when I drive home from evening meetings.
• Some swans have returned, and if I were one of the Luddites using Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, I might be able to see them on the Swan-Cam.
• Updated to add: I’ve had to start using my antihistamine again.
  

What are the signs of spring where you live?

Sunday's Hymn: In Bunhill Fields

Here’s another hymn written by someone buried in Bunhill Fields.

Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love and power.

Refrain

I will arise and go to Jesus,
He will embrace me in His arms;
In the arms of my dear Savior,
O there are ten thousand charms.

Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome,
God’s free bounty glorify;
True belief and true repentance,
Every grace that brings you nigh.

Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Lost and ruined by the fall;
If you tarry till you’re better,
You will never come at all.

View Him prostrate in the garden;
On the ground your Maker lies.
On the bloody tree behold Him;
Sinner, will this not suffice?

Lo! th’incarnate God ascended,
Pleads the merit of His blood:
Venture on Him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude.

Let not conscience make you linger,
Not of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.

—-Joseph Hart 

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Second Sunday After Easter at Magic Statistics
• Jesu, Our Hope, Our Hearts Desire at The Happy Wonderer
• Teach Me, O Lord, Thy Way of Truth at Hiraeth
  
• Behold the Throne of Grace at Seasoning of the Heart
• Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ at Whatever Things…
• Lead On, O King Eternal at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 14, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Fountain of Never Ceasing Grace at JoythruChrist
  

Have you posted a hymn this Sunday 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.

Petitionary Prayer: April 4

This month’s theme here at Rebecca Writes is petitionary prayer. On Tuesdays and Fridays throughout April, I’ll be posting one request I am making of God, and I’m inviting you to join me. You’ll find all the details here.

• One think I’ve asked  this morning is that God give wisdom to the members of my church as they vote on an important matter this coming Sunday.
  
• missmellifluous is praying

  for a friend of mine who is currently in intensive care. He is very sick. I have no words, only tears. I ask that God heals Him physically and draws close to him spiritually. Also thank God for my precious niece and her safe delivery on the first day of April. I ask that she will grow to love Him always!! I ask this for my children too. :) I ask that God blesses you and your petitionary prayer month and all who come to Him with their requests.

• Kim of Hiraeth is having a heart procedure done today and she is praying 

  that whether wildly successful, or even if unsuccessful, that I am content in the knowledge that everything that comes my way comes from the hand of One who knows me and knows exhaustively everything I need.

  She would appreciate it if you prayed for her today, too.
  
• Kim of the Upward Call is praying for her children

  that they be drawn to know God’s Word; to hear it, read it, study it, meditate upon it, and allow it to shape their hearts and minds.

• Update: Chris Roath is praying for little Mario who has liver disease and is in the hospital.

What about you? What are you praying for today?