My Fault

So I missed the entire weekend this time.  I'm getting worse at this, not better.  I am working on this.  Just need to figure everything out.  To make up for lost time, I'm going to do two hymns today and two hymns tomorrow.  I really should be better at this.

The first hymn I'm listening to today is by Fanny Crosby.  I listened to her earlier in the him "Praise Him, Praise Him."  One of the ladies at the church informed me that she memorized the Torah and the Gospels as a teenager.  That's really impressive.  It convicts me of my own memorization of Scriptures, specifically, the lack thereof.  We need to meditate on the law of God night and day.  It fuels us and feeds us.  It is the story of our Savior.  And, as Fanny Crosby states, he is first of all.

When my life work is ended, and I cross the swelling tide,
When the bright and glorious morning I shall see;
I shall know my Redeemer when I reach the other side,
And His smile will be the first to welcome me.

Refrain:
I shall know Him, I shall know Him,
And redeemed by His side I shall stand,
I shall know Him, I shall know Him,
By the print of the nails in His hand.

Oh, the soul thrilling rapture when I view His blessed face,
And the luster of His kindly beaming eye;
How my full heart will praise Him for the mercy, love and grace,
That prepare for me a mansion in the sky.

Refrain

Oh, the dear ones in glory, how they beckon me to come,
And our parting at the river I recall;
To the sweet vales of Eden they will sing my welcome home;
But I long to meet my Savior first of all.

Refrain

Through the gates tot he city in a robe of spotless white,
He will lead me where no tears will ever fall;
In the glad song of ages I shall mingle with delight;
But I long to meet my Savior first of all.

Ever been asked the question of who you want to meet in heaven? Some folks say the Apostle Paul, or Peter.  I know one of my professors wants to meet the guy from Baal Shalishah in 2 Kings 4.  Usually, the implied first response is Jesus, the Savior who humiliated himself in order to redeem us. Christ was born in a manger, put under His own law, went through the same misery we have in this life, died on the cross, was buried, and continued under the power of death for a time, all to save His people. Christ, fully man and fully God, was at a low station in order to save us.  This isn't deus ex machina.  This was planned out ever since Genesis 3. This is God plotting and planning redemption from the beginning.  How could we not want to meet face to face a King who loves us so?