Seize the Moment – Day 669

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15
Jan '22

Seize the Moment – Day 669

Posted on Jan 15, 2022 by Ken Durham in Devotions, General |

15
Jan '22

Today’s hymn focus will be

“Be Still, My Soul”

 
““Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”

 

Throughout history, spiritual revivals have been accompanied by an outburst of new songs. Similar to the Puritan and Wesleyan movements in England, the Pietistic Revival in Germany gave birth to many rich German hymns.

 

Katharina von Schlegel, a canoness of an evangelical women’s seminary in Germany, wrote the lyrics of this song and was published in 1752. One hundred years later, it was translated into English by Jane Borthwick and the hymn’s tune was an arrangement of one movement from Jean Sibelius’ “Findlandia”. God used these three people from three different lands to bring forth this hymn of biblical truth.

 

Be still my soul, the hour is hastening on.

When we shall be forever with the Lord

When disappointment, grief and fear are gone,

Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.

Be still my soul! When change and tears are past.

All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.

 

Hold on to the promise of this song as we are encouraged to know that the promise of heaven is ours to hold on to, but to also share with others so that they, too, can have that blessed hope!

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Be Still My Soul

 
1
Be still, my soul; the Lord is on your side;
bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
leave to your God to order and provide;
in ev’ry change he faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul; your best, your heav’nly friend
through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
 
2
Be still, my soul; your God will undertake
to guide the future as he has the past;
your hope, your confidence, let nothing shake;
all now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul; the waves and winds still know
his voice who ruled them while he lived below.
 
3
Be still, my soul; when dearest friends depart
and all is darkened in the vale of tears,
then you will better know his love, his heart,
who comes to soothe your sorrows and your fears.
Be still, my soul; your Jesus can repay
from his own fullness all he takes away.
 
4
Be still, my soul; the hour is hast’ning on
when we shall be forever with the Lord,
when disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored.
Be still my soul; when change and tears are past,
all safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
 
 

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