that somehow touch something deep within you for no apparent reason?
Growing up mostly in the church, I have known the song, "Come Thou Fount" for quite some time... but it was only recently that it was more than words to me. It happened to come up on my Itunes shuffle the other nite... and the words kept playing over and over in my head.
If you happen to know this song, you probably know it with these lyrics... and either from a church hymnal, David Crowder, or Sufjan Stevens.
1. Come Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.
2. Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
3. O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace now like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
BUT... how many of you (that care) have taken the time to sit and actually digest the words? I mean really... not just read them... but allow them to soak into you?
I challenge you to take time to sit today and listen to or read the lyrics. But read/ listen to them with new ears. Listen to the amazing promise and hope it offers. (Oh and before you picture "Ebenezer" as Mr. Scrooge, it is actually an Old Testament term referring to a "stone of help" or a "reminder of God's real and ever-present help" and can be found in 1 Samuel 4 and 5.
I can't help but get tears in my eyes when I sing out the third verse...how true are those words...
"Prone to wander Lord I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love"
Why is that? Why is it that when things get busy, so often, God is the first one neglected? Why is it a continual struggle to "bind my heart to Thee"? This is something I know I really need to work on in my own life. Thankfully I do know that although I might go through ups and downs, His love is unchanging and He waits right there for me.
If the song were in it's original form, it would be in a bit diff. of an order, and would end with this wonderful promise that I too shall leave you with tonite...
5. O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.
Growing up mostly in the church, I have known the song, "Come Thou Fount" for quite some time... but it was only recently that it was more than words to me. It happened to come up on my Itunes shuffle the other nite... and the words kept playing over and over in my head.
If you happen to know this song, you probably know it with these lyrics... and either from a church hymnal, David Crowder, or Sufjan Stevens.
1. Come Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.
2. Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I'm come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed His precious blood.
3. O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be!
Let that grace now like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.
BUT... how many of you (that care) have taken the time to sit and actually digest the words? I mean really... not just read them... but allow them to soak into you?
I challenge you to take time to sit today and listen to or read the lyrics. But read/ listen to them with new ears. Listen to the amazing promise and hope it offers. (Oh and before you picture "Ebenezer" as Mr. Scrooge, it is actually an Old Testament term referring to a "stone of help" or a "reminder of God's real and ever-present help" and can be found in 1 Samuel 4 and 5.
I can't help but get tears in my eyes when I sing out the third verse...how true are those words...
"Prone to wander Lord I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love"
Why is that? Why is it that when things get busy, so often, God is the first one neglected? Why is it a continual struggle to "bind my heart to Thee"? This is something I know I really need to work on in my own life. Thankfully I do know that although I might go through ups and downs, His love is unchanging and He waits right there for me.
If the song were in it's original form, it would be in a bit diff. of an order, and would end with this wonderful promise that I too shall leave you with tonite...
5. O that day when freed from sinning,
I shall see Thy lovely face;
Clothed then in blood washed linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace;
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,
Take my ransomed soul away;
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day.
1:32 AM
gotta love some of those old hymns... especially ones with words like "ebenezer" and "fetter" in it. looking up some of those words makes the song more powerful.
good stuff.
9:55 AM
Your so right about this song! This is one of those that no matter whats going on in my life, when I hear it I get tears in my eyes. This was actually sung at a wedding of a close friend of mine while she was walking down the isle - very unusual, but oh you could really feel his spirit at that moment.
Just wanted to post... I ran across your blog not to long ago and have really enjoyed it.