Knocking on your heart

By Rhiannonw

Sun, 29 Sep 2024
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[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series]

Look, who is knocking!
Do you refuse?
Will He be rocking
trendy life-views?
Cautious or frightened,
keep the door shut?
You can’t be enlightened
if He’s kept out!

Cannot experience
joy he can bring,
freedom of conscience,
love that will win,
gaining desires new
unlike before
– none have regrets who
open the door!

Open the door
set in your heart
Christ can restore
joy, life impart
Wonderful guest!
With Him you'll share
nourishing feast,
transformative care!

cf Revelation chapter 3:20:: Jesus said, "I stand at the door anad knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and dine with him, and he with me'."
Do you remember Holman Hunt’s painting?

Tune: 54 54 54 54 eg ‘Thine own way’ by George Stebbins

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Comments

Submitted by Nolan on

Beautiful Rhiannon you are only improving, more mature writing, serious poetry, excellent! This is one of my favourite church songs as I remember the words,

softly and tenderly jesus is calling, calling for you and for me

he is knocking at the door of our hearts, come home, o sinner come home

why should we wait when jesus is pleading? pleading for you and for me?

come home come home, all who are weary come home

he is knocking at the door of our hearts, come home, o sinner come home,

Who is Holman Hunt? Keep well! Nolan &

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Nolan. It is good to have such songs stored in your heart from having sung so often!

Holman HUnt ((1827–1910 was a painter and particularly famous for a painting many were very famiiar with called 'The Light of the World' supposed to depict Christ knocking at a door that is rather overgrown and hasn't been opend for a long time to reference Revelation 3:20

Rhiannon