Today we are praising the Lord for His wonderful, marvelous grace and for His sacrifice on the cross so that we can be saved eternally. Photography by Amanda’s dear friend Joe Krygier, who has generously contributed to Peace for the Storm.
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!
Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.
Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
the shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land;
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat,
and the burden of the day
One of our favorite Christian music groups is Glad. Glad is known for their acapella singing and their amazing musical harmonies. The music video below is Glad’s medley of Beneath the Cross of Jesus; Man of Sorrows, What a Name; and We Will Glorify. As you listen to this beautiful music, we invite you to ponder Jesus’ sacrifice for us on the cross and the gift of eternal life that He offers to all who accept Him.
Like a river glorious, is God’s perfect peace,
Over all victorious, in its bright increase;
Perfect, yet it floweth, fuller every day,
Perfect, yet it groweth, deeper all the way.
I grew up singing the hymn “Give Me the Bible,” but recently this song has taken on a new significance for me. I’m currently reading a book that discusses how most people in the Middle Ages did not have access to the Holy Scriptures. Since the December 2 incident, I have been depending so much on the Bible. Passages I’ve read before have taken on a whole new meaning now. I’m so grateful that I live in a day and age when I have the Bible in my own language! What a blessing!
Give me the Bible, holy message shining,
Thy light shall guide me in the narrow way.
Precept and promise, law and love combining,
‘Til night shall vanish in eternal day.
We are so excited to share with this post “Hear My Cry,” a beautiful song written and performed by Judy Evenson, a personal friend of our family and an established recording artist. She sent us the song after we originally posted this image on social media, letting us know that she had written the song several years ago, but it had immediately come to mind when seeing the post. Click on the Play button below to listen to the beautiful melody and inspired words of this medley. Thank you for sharing, Judy! We hope you are blessed as we have been by listening to this song.
From the end of the earth I will cry to You. When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
— Psalms 61:2 (NKJV) —
As a blanket of snow covered many of our homes this weekend, our minds couldn’t help but think of the spiritual significance of snow. Even though I live in the South now (where we had flurries, and it still shut down schools), I’m a former New Englander. I have such a clear picture in my mind of the morning after a snowfall, waking up and looking outside my window to see the sun glistening like diamonds on an almost blindingly white blanket of snow covering the ground. Untouched. Perfect. The snow has covered the brown, dead grass beneath, and has turned the bleak world of winter into a scene of sparkling beauty. It seems magical, really.
But what David is pleading for here in the verse that inspired this hymn is not magic. It’s a miracle. We may have made a huge mistake or might be spiritually dead inside. But when that moment of repentance comes, when we awaken to the reality that we can’t do this on our own, and we need the Lord’s help, He is there to cover us in His love. He promises to wash our hearts of sin if we accept Him through the miracle of salvation, and in His eyes we will be as spotless as the snow.
It’s our prayer that Jesus will abide with us morning, noon, and night. Join us in that prayer this evening!
Tell me the story of Jesus
Write on my heart every word
Tell me the story most precious
Sweetest that ever was heard
