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Wednesday, 13 May 2009

  • A Taste for Imagination and Maturity

    "It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one's adult enjoyment of what are called 'children's books'.  I think the convention a silly one.  No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty - except, of course, books of information.  The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all.  A mature palate will probably not much care for creme de menthe: but it ought still to enjoy bread and butter and honey."   - C.S. Lewis, On Stories.

Thursday, 05 February 2009

Friday, 23 January 2009

  • Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart


    This is an amazing hymn. 

    Lord, Thee I love with all my heart;
    I pray Thee, ne’er from me depart;
    With tender mercy cheer me.
    Earth has no pleasure I would share,
    Yea, Heav’n itself were void and bare
    If Thou, Lord, wert not near me.
    And should my heart for sorrow break,
    My trust in Thee can nothing shake.
    Thou art the portion I have sought;
    Thy precious blood my soul has bought.
    Lord Jesus Christ,
    My God and Lord, my God and Lord,
    Forsake me not! I trust Thy Word.

    Yea, Lord, ’twas Thy rich bounty gave
    My body, soul, and all I have
    In this poor life of labor.
    Lord, grant that I in every place
    May glorify Thy lavish grace
    And serve and help my neighbor.
    Let no false doctrine me beguile,
    Let Satan not my soul defile.
    Give strength and patience unto me
    To bear my cross and follow Thee.
    Lord Jesus Christ,
    My God and Lord, my God and Lord,
    In death Thy comfort still afford.

    Lord, let at last Thine angels come,
    To Abr’am’s bosom bear me home,
    That I may die unfearing;
    And in its narrow chamber keep
    My body safe in peaceful sleep
    Until Thy reappearing.
    And then from death awaken me,
    That these mine eyes with joy may see,
    O Son of God, Thy glorious face,
    My Savior and my fount of grace.
    Lord Jesus Christ,
    My prayer attend, my prayer attend,
    And I will praise Thee without end!


Wednesday, 21 January 2009

  • "I have set My King on Zion, My holy hill."


    Thankful for the providence of Psalm 2 in morning prayers. 

    Rejoicing that Christ is seated at God's "right hand in the heavenly places,  far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.  And he put all things under his feet and give him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all." - Eph. 1:20-23


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