God Is Still Among Us!
Psalm 90 served to inspire Isaac Watts, the father of English hymnody, to write the hymn “O God, Our Help in Ages Past.” Watts, who lived from 1674 to 1748, penned words for more than 600 hymns. His 250 year-old text still makes sense today:
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home.
Time, like an ever rolling stream, bears all its sons away;
they fly, forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.
O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
be thou our guide while life shall last, and our eternal home.
The mystery of how our lives fit in the continuum of time will always be with us. Do you realize that we are almost 10% of the way through the 21st century? (Remember the Y2K doomsday folk?)
Recently, a poll was conducted over the Internet. The question was, “Should the words ‘under God’ be deleted from the pledge?” 88% of the respondents said, “NO!” This strong indication of belief affirms that God, who has been our help in the past, will be our hope for years to come, our guide in life and our eternal home. May your day (and your weekend) be filled with a deepened confidence in the One who from everlasting to everlasting is God. Happy Independence Weekend!
--Ben Keckler
07.02.10
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