HYMNS

Do you ever find you have a hymn or song running through your mind for no apparent reason?  In the last week I cannot get out of my mind:

Through all the changing scenes of life,

In trouble and in joy,

The praises of my God shall still

My heart and tongue employ. 

It’s not a favourite of mine or one we sing very often.  However, it made me think of hymns which follow us through life.

From Sunday School I always loved:

God has given us a book full of stories,

Which was made for His people of old,

It begins with the tale of a garden

And ends with the city of gold.

I think of wedding hymns – “Love divine, loves excelling” or “All praise to my redeeming Lord”.  I had an adult baptism and the hymn I chose was “O love that wilt not let me go” and I had the same hymn at my recognition service as a Local Preacher.

There are many other hymns which mean a lot to me for various reasons – “This, this is the God I adore” and “Give me the faith which can remove”.

As we progress through life our faith often changes, our tastes change and so do our hymns and songs. 

I wonder what hymns you would choose and why?

Some food for thought.