Seize the Moment – Day 886

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20
Aug '22

Seize the Moment – Day 886

Posted on Aug 20, 2022 by Ken Durham in Devotions, General |

20
Aug '22

Today’s hymn focus will be

“Nearer, My God, to Thee”

 Genesis 28:12 (NLT)

 

“ As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.”

 

Growing up in Harlow, England , Sarah Flower Adams was the daughter of newspaper editor and man of prominence, so she enjoyed the spotlight. She married William Bridges Adams in 1834 and moved to London to help fulfill her dreams of becoming an actress and be near the great theaters. Sadly, her frail health hampered that career, so she focused on her literary giftings, one of which was writing hymns of praise to the Lord.

 

Her pastor paid her a visit and shared with her his difficulty in finding a hymn to go along with his upcoming message. She reflected on the above passage, and the following Sunday, they sang this song that God had given Sarah.

 

Nearer, my God, to Thee. Nearer to Thee.
Even though it be a cross, that raiseth me.
Still all my song shall be, nearer my God to Thee
Nearer my God to Thee, Nearer to Thee.

 

We need to wake up and make this song a cry of our hearts, that no matter what we face, we want to be near the One who will strengthen us.

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Nearer, My God, to Thee,

 
1
Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
2
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
darkness be over me, my rest a stone;
yet in my dreams I’d be
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
3
There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
all that thou sendest me, in mercy given;
angels to beckon me
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
4
Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise,
out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;
so by my woes to be
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
5
Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
(Text by Sarah Flower Adams / Tune by Dr. Lowell Mason)
 

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