MELANCHOLY MUSINGS

I've been down spiritually lately. It seems that once I start something I can't keep it going for more than 2 weeks or so. I started FlyLady but struggle to keep up with it. I'll start exercising or getting up earlier but can't keep it going for more than a month. I started this online bible study I've been talking about and I suddenly got uninspired after 13 days. What's up with me? I'm frustrated. So this morning I stumbled upon a hymnal my mom gave me. It's an old Episcopal hymnal from 1940. I never thought much about it until lately. There are some great hymns in there that are not sung today, at least in my Southern Baptist church. Some of my favorites that I've found were written by Frederick William Faber. I had come across his hymns before. Tozer quotes him several times in The Knowledge of the Holy and Piper quotes him in his books too I think. Reading through these old hymns and playing some on the piano really helped me this morning. Maybe they'll encourage you too.

My God, how wonderful Thou art,
Thy majesty how bright,
How beautiful Thy mercy seat,
In depths of burning light!

How dread are Thine eternal years,
O everlasting Lord,
By prostrate spirits day and night
Incessantly adored!

How wonderful, how beautiful,
The sight of Thee must be,
Thine endless wisdom, boundless power,
And aweful purity!

O how I fear Thee, living God,
With deepest, tenderest fears,
And worshipThee with trembling hope
And penitential tears!

Yet I may love Thee too, O Lord,
Almighty as Thou art,
For Thou hast stooped to ask of me
The love of my poor heart.

Amen.

Frederick William Faber, 1849

Blessings.