Hymns

I went for a walk after church today.  I had some errands to run and things to think about, and processing difficult situations always seems to work better when my feet are moving.

By the time I came home, I had come to a few conclusions.  One, if God commands us to forgive, then he will enable us to it...it's not entirely on our shoulders to concoct the right emotions.  Two, if it's a problem between "family" in the church, he is a listening ear and is a Father to both...

So we spent some time in "conversation", and I came home with a much, much lighter heart.

Then, because a friend had posted a link to some country style gospel music on her blog, I ended up doing a search of my own and came across the following songs.  The first because it was on my heart when I came home today.  The others because they are songs I remember learning at the church services at the nursing home when we would go to visit my great-grandma.  They are some of the first hymns I ever learned.  Even now, there is something very soothing to hearing hymns sung in a traditional style, especially when I hear a group of elderly voices lifted in song.  So these are in their memory.  I hope you enjoy them.

http://youtu.be/p74pB-WhsWE Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
http://youtu.be/Z9XZ_HSquUQ  Blessed Assurance
http://youtu.be/yzzqhaLl_8w  In the Garden
http://youtu.be/wpfsZZ9X5n8 I Love to Tell the Story