Present Joys

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Decoupage with our college students at small group.

These turned out great.

Wisdom ascribe, and might, and praise
To God, who lengthens out our days,
Who spares us yet another year,
And lets us see His goodness here;
Happy, and wise, the time redeem,
And live, my friends, and die to Him.

Charles Wesley’s New Year’s Hymns (1749)

Scant and mean the swaddling clothes,
Limbs divine, like Thine, to cover!
Be the sin my spirit loathes
Bound in them and covered over:
But myself be clothed in Thee,
Jesus, by Thy Spirit free!

Welcome God’s and Mary’s Son, one of the greatest Christmas hymns ever.

Now thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom the world rejoices;
Who from our mother’s arms
Hath bless’d us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

Now thank we all our God

And all ye men of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and on Him cast your care!

All creatures of our God and King, which, by the way, was recorded masterfully by Fernando Ortega.