Sunday's Hymn: The Solid Rock

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Refrain

On Christ the solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand 

—Edward Mote

I posted several years ago on the meaning of the words in the first verse of this hymn.

• Nothing Less Than Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness
• But Wholly Lean on Jesus’ Name

Bob Kauflin at T4G.

Because I’m partial to piano solos …

… and Deborah Liv Johnson, too.

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

• He Ransomed Me at By Grace Alone
• Satisfied in You at Gospel Grace
• O Love That Will Not Let Me God at Effectual Grace
• Voices from the Past #18 at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 18, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• You Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Mirror, mirror … 
• Praying Ephesians 4:17-32 at Daily on My Way to Heaven

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.

Ravens, Waxwings, Squirrels, and Me

Today is my day for a post at Out of the Ordinary. I’m continuing the series on Scriptural Lessons from the Natural World with a post about what we can know about God because we can see that all his creatures are fed.

Read All Creatures Eat (Part 1). 

Status Report: May

Sitting … on the couch in the living room.

Listening … to today’s Dividing Line, recorded.

Chuckling … at the newly built snowman at the end of my neighbor’s driveway. It’s holding a cardboard sign that says “May 1st.” Yes, we still have snow. (It even snowed a bit more today.)

Noticing … that snow on the ground and daylight at 10:30 pm when I take the dog out is a strange combination.

Hoping … that the weather forecasts for spring weather (finally!) for the next week will come to pass. 

Reading … Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books by Michael Kruger. It’s the best book I’ve read in a while, presenting a model of the canon that I’ve never had explained to me before: the self-authenticating model. This is one I’ll be sure to review when I’m finished because I think you should read it too (mothers of babies and toddlers excepted.)

Thinking … that today my youngest granddaughter gave us evidence of the truth that “every mother’s [daughter] learns to be naughty without book.” She has begun a shrieking tyrant phase. Let’s hope it’s short-lived.

Planning … to babysit the shrieking tyrant all day tomorrow. 

Realizing … that I may not have paced myself well this week. Tomorrow might be a long day.

Also planning … to prime the drywall in the kitchen first thing next week. The kitchen reno project is progressing, but I am still without kitchen cupboards or sink. I have a makeshift kitchen in the dining room and I wash my dishes in the bathroom.

Wishing … a blessed May. May your snow be gone and your flowers be bloomed.