Comments on: Teach Me Some Melodious Sonnet

By: Dee Brestin

Dee Brestin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:38:08 +0000

Beautiful sharing and encouragement, sisters!
I think we are ready to go on!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:43:09 +0000

I love this song. I am always working on my surrender. Thanks for sharing.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:39:41 +0000

Thank you Tammy! I am tearful as I read these precious words. It just seems so fresh, the wounds at times. The words minister to me greatly. Thank you for sharing. Yes, it is soo cool we were writing to each other at the same time. :-)

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:31:34 +0000

I shared this on my facebook page. It has blessed so many people. I sent it to all my friends…wowowowow

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:09:13 +0000

Thank you, Marlys! Through you, God gave me the song too :-) When I saw the word surrender, and the melody and lyrics went through my mind, I burst into tears. It’s tiring to resist or fight instead of surrendering (and I’m so used to resisting that I’m not usually aware that I’m doing it).

By: Marlys

Marlys — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:58:04 +0000

The song God gave me for today:

I SURRENDER ALL
All to Jesus I surrender;
all to him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust him,
in his presence daily live.

Chorus:
I surrender all, I surrender all,
all to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender;
humbly at his feet I bow,
worldly pleasures all forsaken;
take me, Jesus, take me now.

All to Jesus I surrender;
make me, Savior, wholly thine;
fill me with thy love and power;
truly know that thou art mine.

All to Jesus I surrender;
Lord, I give myself to thee;
fill me with thy love and power;
let thy blessing fall on me.

All to Jesus I surrender;
now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory, to his name!

Here’s a great site I’ve found:
http://www.hymnsite.com

By: Marlys

Marlys — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:51:20 +0000

Thanks Tammmy! That blesses my heart a bunch!

By: lynn

lynn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:29:28 +0000

Come Thou fount of every blessing…what a thought…I live near Chicago and whenever I see Buckingham Fountain…these fount thoughts come forth. It is so forceful and beautiful. In contrast to my Fount of every blessing, I keep thinking about the Jeremiah passage.. Jeremiah 2:13 (NIV)
13 “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Forsaking Him, my Fount of every blessing creates an emptiness that must be filled. So, I go to the world and drink muddle puddle water (Thank you SCF for that picture or Dee) instead of going to my Fount for living water. And then I put it my cistern, which is broken and will not hold anything,,,thus it requires more and more mud puddle water. Yuk!!! But this is what it looks like when I am in charge of the filling and the fixing. So then I must return to Psalm 91:1…He who dwells…will rest…
It is that constant choice, to dwell and abide in His presence and what helps me is His Word and those great hymns He puts in my heart and mind. What a good prayer…Lord, tune my heart to sing Thy grace. Lord, show us you constant grace, that we may sing it forth.
Thank you to all who share…I am blessed.

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:19:41 +0000

Tammy,
I agree with Robin!

I got caught up in an illusion this afternoon, and your presentation of the contrast between the difference between truth and illusion spoke to me. I like the image of the skewer/piercing — and am reminded that the Knight, the Truth has/is a sword, too— the sword of the Spirit, the word of God.

Thanks for sharing this with us :-)

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:09:24 +0000

Robin, I appreciate your honesty and I will be praying for your work situation. The song was so encouraging.

Your posting gave me perspective. Usually, I like (most of) my job, and I had a good day at work today — until the last few hours. Then some “more of the same” interactions occurred, and I forgot that I had ever liked my job. I forgot about the “Fount of every blessing,” so desperately needed the “streams of mercy” and definitely wasn’t singing God’s praises. Being reminded that my job could be cut makes me appreciate it more.

I am so blessed to come back to this Bible Study and ask God to tune my heart.