Sunday Song

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 15 May 2015

1553 reads

4 comments

As I cannot post this Sunday, I'm posting this now for my 'Sunday Songs' collection:

For you know I love you, Saviour,
know I love you, mighty Lord;
love you more than any other
thing I ever have adored:
this bears witness,
this bears witness
to your work upon my soul.

From where came these new desires?
What gives life to heart and mind?
Things I once despised, I long for, –
and delighted when I find.
Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, Jesus,
this is all what you have done.

Glory is the goal I aim for,
holy heaven, happy home;
mighty Holy Spirit made me
child of God, and bids me come;
and I want to,
and I want to
serve and worship God above.

This song is a loose translation of a Welsh hymn,
“’Rwy’n dy garu, Ti a’i gwyddost” by William Williams, Pantycelyn [Tune: 8.7.87.47 eg Tyddyn Llwyn by Evan Morgan]

Comments

1 User voted this as great feedback

This is very beautiful and

Permalink Submitted by Bee on Sat, 2015-05-16 06:25

This is very beautiful and expresses a genuine and heartfelt devotion, Rhiannon. I'd love to hear it sung to the music i imagined for it. I found the repeated 'and I want to' very moving.

Bee

Thank you, Bee, and I'm glad

Permalink Submitted by Rhiannonw on Sat, 2015-05-16 08:55

Thank you, Bee, and I'm glad the emotion came through. There are a number of tunes in the books it can be sung to, I think. I'm offline for about a week, so will try to do some catching up when I get back on! warm regards and prayers for you and your concerns. Rhiannon

Lovely hymn Rhiannon Jean

Permalink Submitted by jeand on Sat, 2015-05-23 07:01

Lovely hymn Rhiannon

Jean

Jean Day

Thanks, Jean. Back now, so

Permalink Submitted by Rhiannonw on Sat, 2015-05-23 21:33

Thanks, Jean. Back now, so hope to do some catching up next week! Rhiannon