Mary’s Tale

By Rhiannonw

Sun, 13 Dec 2015
  • 1947 reads
4 comments
 

[Continuing the idea of one of my old hymns on Sundays, though this is a new one!]

No-one like him …

By power almighty my son was conceived
before I was married – God’s word I believed.
He also told Joseph this all was his will,
for this was the way he’d salvation fulfil.

Then when he was born, and in manger bed laid,
some shepherds arrived who amazing things said.
So much I’d been told of the role of my son
– his future, I pondered on what was to come.

His ministry, labour would start in due time,
displaying, revealing his nature divine.
Soon after beginning to teach and prepare,
we saw, at a wedding, a glimpse of his power.

His brothers (all younger) at first were concerned,
could not understand him, but later discerned
his saving commission as Lamb and as Lord,
and my heart was bleeding as his life was outpoured.

He saw from the cross, and asked John to be son
to comfort me, caring as he would have done.
You know that from death he returned by God’s power;
soon leaving for heaven, we waited his hour:    

We gathered to pray, for his Spirit would come,
on all who now realised my babe was God’s Son,
our Saviour who’d purchased salvation, kind Lord:
this news must be spread out around all the world.

Tune: 11 11 11 11 eg St Denio, tune of ‘Immortal, Invisible, God only wise’)

(cf for instance, Luke 1:32-35; 2:19,20, 33-35; John 2:1-11; 19:26,27; Acts 1:14)

[IP: For a Son]

http://rhiannonshymns.co.uk/

 

Certificate U
Poem
Sunday Songs
Spiritual
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by jeand on

HI Rhiannon

This is a good hymn too, and I am interested to hear it is a new one. Has it been sung in church yet? Do you give people copies of the words to sing?

It would be so interesting to know more about what Mary and Joseph and Jesus had for their way of life for those next 30 years. We know by the time he was 12 he was confident and convinced of his role in the whole thing. I wonder if he always knew, or if Mary told him.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. I did write this when thinking about this week's IP. So, it certainly hasn't been sung in church yet! Various ones have been sung at different times, and have always had good feedback about content and singability.  As an alterntive to the strong hymns of the past that are rich in doctrinal content, but which maybe have lost a bit of impact through change in language (thought people soon get used to that), there has been a tendency to just go for new ones that are very subjective expressions of praise, and not always having much teaching content, and sometime can be rather unclear in meaning. I have always felt that summarising teaching and its application to living in song (as explained from the Bible in good sermons), is helpful to memory and going back to think about again.

Concerning Jesus' childhood, we are told so little, and I presume it is because we are to concentrate on understanding and thinking about the things we are told! What he said to his mother when they found him at the temple when he was 12 does indicate some understanding between them in the home. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

What a wonderfully stirring tune  you have written these words to, Jenny, and I'm racking my brains to try and think what number 'Immortal invisible...'was in my school hymn book.  Strangely, there are two or three hymns that I still, to this day remember the numbers, so clearly, of.  'For All the Saints'. 202, 'Morning has Broken, 30' and 'Lord of all Hopefulness' 565..

Anyway, I digress, beautifully written, and even though, compared to yours, my voice could certainly not be likened to a 'Songbird', I was still singing alongsmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I thought it would be a tune you knew, Tina! and glad I got you singing it! I know some of the tunes I mention are maybe less well known than this one. Glad you liked it, and thanks for letting me know. Rhiannon