Sunday, December 28, 2008

SUNDAY SELECTIONS

Welcome to Sunday Selections, we hope that you had a
wonderful & blessed Christmas, if this is your first visit, we hope that it will be an enjoyable one as well as enriching, for here I share Sundays music selections, praise & worship,music history & whatever the Lord lays on my heart to share with you.Today's selection is Tis so Sweet To Trust In Jesus, enjoy reading the history of how this song came about by Mrs Louisa M.R.Stead, then click the link & sing along with the music, however you choose to worship God today,know that he is God & is worthy to be praised








Hymn Studies


"'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"


"'TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS""We trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men..." (1 Tim. 4.10)


INTRO.: A well known song that expresses trust in the Lord is "'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" (#423 in Hymns for Worship Revised and #559 in Sacred Selections for the Church). The text was written by Mrs. Louisa M. R. Stead, who was born in Dover, England around 1850. As a young woman, she came to the United States in 1871 and lived for a time in Cincinnati, OH, with friends. At a camp meeting in Urbana, OH, she expressed a desire to become a missionary to China, but her frail health prevented her from doing so. About 1875 she married a Mr. Stead, and to this home was born a daughter named Lily. The Steads moved to an area of New York City, NY. Around 1879 or 1880, when Lily was four years old, the family decided to go for a picnic on the sunny beach at Long Island Sound. While eating their lunch, they suddenly heard cries for help and spotted a drowning boy in the sound.


Mr. Stead charged into the water to help, but, as often is the case, the flailing boy pullied his would-be rescuer under the water with him and both drowned before the terrified eyes of wife and daughter. Although there is no definite evidence to support the theory, it is believed that out of the question, "Why," in her struggle during the ensuing days, these meaningful words flowed out of the pen of Louisa. Later in 1880, the widowed Mrs. Stead and her daughter left for South Africa where they worked as missionary teachers for fifteen years. The tune (Trust in Jesus) for her hymn was composed by William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921). The song was first published in his 1882 collection, Songs of Triumph, which he compiled for Thomas T. Tasker, Sr., Publisher of Philadelphia, PA, with John R. Sweney.


While in South Africa, Louisa eventually remarried. Her husband, Robert Wodehouse, was a native of the Cape Colony and a Methodist minister. In 1895, her poor health made necessary their coming to America, during which time Mr. Wodehouse served as minister with several Methodist churches. However, the cooler climate and skillful medical attention restored her physical strength so that in 1901, after a few years' stay in the United States, she and her second husband were able to return to foreign service in Africa, this time at Umtali in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Louisa retired in 1911 and, after several years of prolonged illness, she died at her home of Penkridge, near Mutambara, about fifty miles from Umtali on Jan. 18, 1917. Her body was buried in a grave hewn from solid rock on the side of Black Mountain near her home.


Among hymnbooks published by members of the Lord's church during the twentieth century for use in churches of Christ, the song appeared in the 1921 Great Songs of the Church (No. 1) and the 1937 Great Songs of the Church No. 2 both edited by E. L. Jorgenson; the 1948 Christian Hymns No. 2 and the 1966 Christian Hymns No. 3 both edited by L. O. Sanderson; the 1963 Abiding Hymns edited by Robert C. Welch; and the 1963 Christian Hymnal edited by J. Nelson Slater. Today it may be found in the 1971 Songs of the Church, the 1990 Songs of the Church 21st C. Ed., and the 1994 Songs of Faith and Praise all edited by Alton H. Howard; the 1978/1983 (Church) Gospel Songs and Hymns edited by V. E. Howard; the 1986 Great Songs Revised edited by Forrest M. McCann; and the 1992 Songs of Faith and Praise edited by John P. Wiegand; in addition to Hymns for Worship, Sacred Selections, and the 2007 Sacred Songs for the Church edited by William D. Jeffcoat.


This song suggests four reasons why we should trust in Jesus.


I. Stanza 1 tells us that we can trust Jesus because of His word"'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His word;Just to rest upon His promise; Just to know, 'Thus saith the Lord.'" A. Men often fail to keep their word, but Jesus' word will always stand: Mt. 24.35, Jn. 12. 48 B. The word of Christ contains exceeding great and precious promises: 2 Pet. 1.2-4 C. But to have these promises we must accept, "Thus saith the Lord": Exo. 4.22, 1 Sam. 2.27, 2 Sam. 12.11. Hence, we must abide in His expressed will for everything we do, since this is one way that we show our trust in Him


II. Stanza 2 tells us that we can trust in Jesus because of His blood"O, how sweet to trust in Jesus, "Just to trust His cleansing blood,Just in simple faith to plunge me 'Neath the healing, cleansing flood." A. The blood of Jesus was shed for our sins: Mt. 26.28, Eph. 1.7 B. But how do we come in contact with it? we are baptized into His death: Rom. 6.3-4 C. The result is that we're brought beneath the healing, cleansing flood: Eph. 5.25-27. Thus, we also show our trust in Christ by obeying Him in baptism to be cleansed by His blood


III. Stanza 3 tells us that we can trust because of His peace"Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus, Just from sin and self to cease;Just from Jesus simply taking Life, and rest, and joy, and peace" A. Jesus has promised that once our sins are washed away, we can have peace with God: Jn. 14.27, Rom. 5.1 B. In addition, other barriers are broken down so that we can have peace with others too: Eph. 2.14-18 C. And because we have peace with God and man, we can have a peace within our own heart as well that will pass all understanding and guard our hearts in Christ Jesus: Phil. 4.6-7. This peace is one of the wonderful spiritual blessings of trusting in Jesus


IV. Stanza 4 tells us that we can trust Jesus because of His friendship"I'm so glad I learned to trust Thee, Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend,And I know that Thou art with me, Wilt be with me to the end." A. Even Jesus' enemies recognized that He came to be a friend to those who needed Him: Mt. 11.19 B. As a friend, Jesus will always be with us and never forsake us: Mt. 28.20, Heb. 13.5-6 C. Of course, there is the condition to being a friend with Jesus: Jn. 15.14. To be His friends, we must follow His will. Again, we show our trust in Jesus by keeping His commandments.


CONCL.: The chorus repeats the importance of trusting in Jesus."Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him; How I've proved Him o'er and o'er;Jesus, Jesus, Precious Jesus! O, for grace to trust Him more."There can be no greater peace in a person's life than to realize, "'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus."


Saturday, December 27, 2008

SWEET SURPRISES



It's pink Saturday again, did Santa bring you anything pink? LOL out of all the Christmas cards I can't believe not one was pink lol, we hope , you all had a wonderful Christmas & looking forward to the new year,pink Saturdays are hosted by Beverly at how sweet the sound, be sure to stop by & visit all the great sites,@ http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/









A sweet friend sent me this siggy for Valentines, isn't it so sweet



Friday, December 26, 2008

CHRISTMAS TREES

We hope you all had a wonderful & blessed Christmas, since we can't move from eating all those holiday goodies, what a great time to check out all the great show-n-tells over at Kelli's LOL be sure to visit http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/ Today I'd like to share a few close ups of some of my trees








Tuesday, December 23, 2008

TOWN HOUSE COOKIES


Welcome to Tempt My Tummy Tuesday, be sure to visit http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/ for more fantastic recipes, today I'd like to share , well actually sister & I would like to share lol for you see she went & posted a sacred recipe so for her punishment I borrowed a few pictures from one of her recipe post LOL





Today's recipe is really simple & really good,it just takes a few basic ingredients
PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES


Town house crackers

creamy peanut butter

almond bark (sometimes called van.bark or candy coating)


Spead peanut butter between two crackers.....you usually will get about 3 doz.


Melt bark in a boiler on medium heat placed in a bigger bolier of boiling water

this is our version of a double bolier LOL


Dip crackers in melted coating & place on waz paper to cool


Store in a tin cookie can layered in tissue paper


MERRY CHRISTMAS LAURA


Do you love to read, are you a collector of books, magazines etc. a few days ago Mildred from http://nallyvalley.blogspot.com/ had posted a few books on the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder, I turned & shared with her autobiography books that I had, which lead to a hunt on the shelf I keep books for the grandchildren & lo & behold there it was "MERRY CHRISTMAS LAURA" I had found this delightful book a few years ago in an Antique shop, we hope you enjoy today's story time













Saturday, December 20, 2008

PINK SATURDAY

we're sorry there's no pinkness to show you this week, we're,tied up with our daughter's wedding, please visit us again & in the mean time check out all the great pink Saturday post 's over at Beverly's place , http://howsweethesound.typepad.com/


Friday, December 19, 2008

SHOW-N-TELL


Welcome to show-n-tell, we're glad you stopped by,our daughter's getting married today, with the Tour Of lights party, the wedding & everything else we have to cram into a 24 hr period, well let's just say the candles finally going to meet in the middle LOL, thanks so much for visiting today & please come again, in the mean time be sure to visitKelli who is hosting show-n-tell @ http://kellishouse.blogspot.com & see all the great things every one's sharing today

Thursday, December 18, 2008

CHRISTMAS CARDS

What do you do with your Christmas cards?Do you save them? Display them? Make things out of them? I've saved mine since the 70's, I really have! LOL, they've been around windows, arch ways, here & there, not all of them of course for there's way too many LOL but this year I'm thinking of making a Christmas card tree, I've seen this done & it's really a cute idea, here are a few cards we've recived this yea














Tuesday, December 16, 2008

TEMPT MY TUMMY

Christmas is fast approaching, it's a time for family, friends, fellowship, little ones looking for Santa, the presents, the parties, the dinners, the goodies, aww & the chocolate! LOL, this is for all you chocolate lovers, Martha Washington Balls , you may want to make an extra batch, trust me you wont want to share once you're tried one LOL, be sure to check out more great recipes at http://blessedwithgrace.blogspot.com/ Lisa &Lana are having a fantastic give away today, you wont want to miss it!




MARTHA WASHINGTON BALLS


2 lbs. confectioners sugar
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3 cups chopped pecans
1 14oz.bag coconut
1 stick butter (room tempt)

1 block of paraffin

3 large Hersey's chocolate bars



Mix together P. sugar, butter, pecans , milk & coconut ,chill for 1 hour,remove from fridge & roll into balls & place on buttered cookie sheet , inseert toothpicks & place back in fridge for 2 hours
Melt paraffin in microwave, remover & add 1 (12 oz) bag chocolate chips & the 3 large Hersey candy bars, stir & place back in microwave for a few seconds, remove & dip balls into chocolate, placing back onto cookie sheet, remove toothpicks as they will break off as candy begins to set

Monday, December 15, 2008

A TASTE OF CHRISTMAS


Seems like everywhere we look we hear "show me Christmas" LOL yes Christmas is coming to Nanna's Place but we have to be careful for we haven't had our Tour Of Lights party yet & family is lurking daily to see what they can see in advance LOL LOL so today I will give you a taste of Christmas past


this tree was in the kitchen last year, it will be in another room this year as the kitchen will be all prim with black.creams & reds & that's all I can say on that LOL

This was the kitchens look last year, quiz:do you remember the new look for the kitchen for this year

I've had so many orders for these little guys, I decided to make some for myself , can you guess where they will go? stay tuned lol

awww the prim tree, do you remember where I said it would go this year? The living room will be turned into a winter wonderland & that's' all I can say on that LOL



Mr Snowman may get to stay in the living room this year, not sure yet since he's on the prim side, maybe if I put white & silver around him, what do you think , should he get to stay in winter wonderland or move to the kitchen, you do remember what the kitchen will be don't you? LOL

We hope you've enjoyed a taste of Christmas, there was tonds more but if there's to be a Tour Of Lights Party here Saturday , I've got to get busy LOL

Sunday, December 14, 2008

SUNDAY SELECTIONS

We hope this week has been a wonderful & blessed week
This is the season to celebrate life, family, & traditions, , family but most importantly the reason for the season, which is Jesus



(LUKE 2:11 )FOR UNTO TO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOR,WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD




This weeks selection is Hark The Herald Angels Sing










HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING

Hark the herald angels sing

Glory to the newborn king

Peace on earth and mercy mild

God and sinners reconciled

Joyful all ye nations rise

Join the triumph of the skies

With angelic host proclaim

Christ is born in Bethlehem











Saturday, December 13, 2008

NEVER TOO OLD

Welcome to PINK SATURDAY ,A new friend whom I've grown to love was widowed for 30 some odd years until she met someone God placed in her path & can you believe he's in his 90's, we hope you enjoy pink Saturday today, be sure to go over to Beverly's @ http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/ for more great post's














now just look who caught that bouquet lol yes you're never too old !





Friday, December 12, 2008

LOOK HOW WE'VE GROWN


Another week has come & gone, with Christmas just around the corner there's lots to show & lots to tell lol, be sure to visit Kelli's' for some great show & tells @ http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/
my grand babies are getting so big, they're pulling up now, my daughter sent me some pictures the other day, so I thought I'd brag a little LOL