Heidelberg Catechism

Question 27. What do you mean by the providence of God?

Answer: The providence of God is his almighty and ever present power (a) by which he upholds and governs (b) heaven, earth, and all creatures, so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, (c) fruitful and barren years, food and drink, health and sickness, (d) riches and poverty (e)—yes, everything—comes to us not by chance, but by his fatherly hand. (f)

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Sunday's Hymn: All Things Bright and Beautiful

Refrain

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.

The rich man in his castle,
The poor man at his gate,
He made them, high or lowly,
And ordered their estate.

The purple headed mountains,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning
That brightens up the sky.

The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.

The tall trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
To gather every day.

He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.

— Cecil F. Alexander

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

• Let Us Raise Our Alleluias! at Graces Daily
• Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus at The Happy Wonderer
• O Sacred Head Now Wounded at Luma Simms
• Coming to Jesus at Tried With Fire
• Lord’s Day 10, 2014 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Lifting Up Our Hearts - 19 at The Upward Call
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The Christian life in a nutshell
• The Treasury of David: Psalm 17:3 at Theology for Girls

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.

I Am Who I Am

This morning I posted at Out of the Ordinary on God’s most important name.

At the very least, “I am” means that God exists. We live in a physical world, surrounded by physical things, and it’s easy to live our lives as if what we can see and touch is all that exists. God is not physical; we can’t see or touch him, but his name “I Am” assures us that he there, as real—no, more real—than the stuff around us.

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