Daily Archives: February 27, 2013

The Proverbs 31 Project: Honor her for all that her hands have done…

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Proverbs 31 Project

Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate. — Proverbs 31:31

According to Rachel Held Evans in her book, A Year in Biblical Womanhood, Proverbs 31:10-31 is part of a song the husband sings to his wife on the Shabbat. In doing so, he honors her for the contributions she makes to the household in managing it. (Hevel, please correct me if I’m wrong.) In doing this last entry of the series, I have some people who need to be honored for their contributions.

My thanks goes to:

–Becky for the graphic.

-Priest’s Wife, Jill, Elizabeth, Claire, Christina, Andrea, Kendra, Emily, Jen, Stacy, Jenna, Amanda, and Mandi for guest-posting.

-everyone who has read/commented on this series.

Lent 2013: “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”

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This is one of my favorite hymns and one where I “collect” recordings of it unintentionally. Michael Card has recorded it, Fernando Ortega has done an instrumental arrangement, and it can be found on a number of hymn CD’s. The tune, “Kingsfold”, is one of my favorites and used for other hymns as well.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Come unto me and rest;
lay down, thou weary one, lay down
thy head upon my breast.”
I came to Jesus as I was,
so weary, worn, and sad;
I found in him a resting place,
and he has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“Behold, I freely give
the living water; thirsty one,
stoop down and drink, and live.”
I came to Jesus, and I drank
of that life-giving stream;
my thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
and now I live in him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
“I am this dark world’s light;
look unto me, thy morn shall rise,
and all thy day be bright.”
I looked to Jesus, and I found
in him my Star, my Sun;
and in that light of life I’ll walk
till traveling days are done.
(HT: Oremus)

I’m thankful for the British Christian music show “Hymns of Praise” because it’s the source of many wonderful hymns. As this is one of those standards, they had a good YouTube video of it.