Mornin', everybody ! Happy Wednesday !
Hey, Donaeus ! Enjoy your day in the spotlight !
Coffee's on
Read: Psalm 98
The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations. —Psalm 98:2
Bible In One Year: 1 Timothy 4-6
While walking home from a church service in Southampton, England, 20-year-old Isaac Watts told his father that the metrical psalms sung at their services lacked the dignity and beauty that should characterize hymns used in worship. His father encouraged him to try to create something better. So in the year 1694, Isaac Watts began writing hymns, and eventually put the book of Psalms into rhyming meter for worship.
Watts took the prophetic references to the coming Messiah in the Psalms and expressed them in their New Testament fulfillment. His hymns proclaimed that Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord. When Watts came to Psalm 98, he wrote:
Joy to the world! The Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
This hymn has become a favorite of the Christmas season. It calls us to acknowledge Christ as Savior and King, and to open our hearts to His rule of love and grace.
The psalmist wrote, "Oh, sing to the Lord a new song!" (98:1). Isaac Watts did just that in his proclamation that Christ has come, and we can rejoice in Him. —David McCasland
Morning, (((((((((dansywolfette)))))))))
Wolfie
Welcome to FR's Finest... Hall of Fame.
dansy, Conbgratulations! Glad to see you've kept your record intact. Not a single liberal in the win column. :)
Dansy, this is such a wonderful surprise - we have missed your Inquisitions! And I can see all the new things you've been doing in PSP! Isn't it fun to get rid of the frames around a picture and put them on the background instead!
Donaeus, you have one of those screen names that I never could quite figure out! All this while, I was thinking you were a 'he', which explains why I lumped your name in with the Santas on Friday!
It is great to get to know you a little better, and I think you know we love having you in our Finest Family!
Thank you, Dansy AND Doneaus for this beautiful surprise today!
Unlike most genuine libs, however, your moan and whine are quite endearing. Thanks for today's introduction to another one of our Finest neighbors here in Freeperville.
Donaeus...welcome to the Hood...pleased to meet you. In Dansy's interview, you have acquitted yourself with honors...she never laid a glove on ya.
Regards to all our Hostesses and all the Finest...gonna be a beautiful day...)
I enjoyed getting to know you better today Donnie and I agree with you on the abortion issue. You have a good head on your shoulders, and are solid in your convictions. Congratulations!
Kinda stuck in yer craw, did it dansy girl?
Went fer tha jugular, and snagged one a tha claws on yer feet and dinna succeed?
(snicker, snicker)
Thanks, Donaeus for so wonderfully turning the tables upon her withering fire!
Course, those here that first day when you entered our arena recognized a kindred soul..:))
You have consistently acquitted yourself with humor and grace, and from Day One have truly been a Finest Family Member.
