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Agapetos
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Username: Agapetos
Post Number: 827
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 8:55 am: |     |
I blogged this the other day here: http://sabbath-rest.blogspot.com/2007/05/sabbath-of-your-love.html
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Recently I re-visited the old hymn "Lord I Believe a Rest Remains" written by Charles Wesley around 1740. The tune on the CyberHymnal was difficult for me to sing with it, so I began praying for help to write a new tune. As I did that, a new chorus came out of it, and the "Thees" and "Thous" changed to the more personal "You" and "Your"...
quote:Lord, I believe a rest remains
To all Your people known
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns
And You are loved alone
A rest where all our soul's desire
Is fixed on things above (is fixed on You above!)
Where fear, and sin, and grief expire
Cast out by perfect love
Oh! I need Your rest
Jesus, You are my rest
Because of Your blood
I'm in the Sabbath of Your love
Oh, that I now the rest might know
Believe, and enter in
Now, Savior, now the the power bestow
And let me cease from sin
Remove this hardness from my heart
This unbelief remove
To me the rest of faith impart
The Sabbath of Your love
As I finished writing and went to bed, I became overwhelmed with the truth of His Sabbath-rest -- Jesus, You are my Sabbath-rest!! I scribbled in tears:
quote:Jesus, this rocks me. You rock me. I only half know what I'm writing about or composing here! Your rest means so much to me, Lord! As I worshiped here at the end, it started to hit me ---- You started to hit me! You really ARE my rest! My complete rest! You're my rest from sinning! I can't believe it Jesus! But yes and Hallelu Jesus, Hallelu Yahweh! I am completely safe in You, safe in Your love, Jesus! Thank You. Please never stop rocking me with this night & day, Jesus. And rock others! Many! In Your name of love and rest, Jesus, AMEN! So be it!
P.S. (A couple days later) Jesus! You are my complete rest! You really are! It makes me want to cry. Thank You so much, Jesus, for giving me rest, for giving me Yourself, for being my rest. Thank You.
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Flyinglady
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Username: Flyinglady
Post Number: 3675
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 9:01 am: | |
Thank you Ramone,
You have such a nice way with words. Yes, Jesus is our rest and safety. Praise God. He is so awesome.
Diana |
Colleentinker
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Username: Colleentinker
Post Number: 5906
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 5:58 pm: | |
Praise God for Jesus. Thank you for those lyrics, Ramone.
Colleen |
Toria
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Username: Toria
Post Number: 139
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 1:29 pm: | |
Ramone, thank you for sharing.
Blessings
Toria |
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