Tag Archives: Charles Wesley

Lost and Found

  Our pup, a 5-year-old rescue, seemed to have settled into our household. And yet, she ran away.   Matthew 18:10 (NIV) … If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave … Continue reading

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God Sees

God sees all. God sees me. Psalm 139:3 (NLT) You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. I’m always amused when someone criticizes politicians for their faith in God. Considering all … Continue reading

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Grace

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Advent: Jesus

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Advent: Love

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Glory, Praise and Love

Join the choir. Sing with the saints.          

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Hark! Angles Say

Imagine this scene (with Charles Wesley’s attention to detail)– Shepherds abide in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night. The sky explodes with ten thousand flashes of lightning.             Angels speak in the north … Continue reading

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Hark! How All the Welkin Rings

    Welkin?   According to Websters, welkin is “the vault of the sky, firmament,” or “celestial abode of God.” And when Charles Wesley penned the words of a now familiar carol, he wrote, Hark! How all the welkin rings, … Continue reading

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Sing an Old Song

    Images from some old hymns make my heart soar:     My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. (Charles Wesley) Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a … Continue reading

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Roots and Wings (Thursday)

  Charles Wesley (1707-1788) wrote over 6000 hymns (many still being sung). He understood wings:     Soar we now where Christ has led, Following our exalted Head, Made like him, like him we rise, Ours the cross, the grave, … Continue reading

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