Hello, Richard and thank you for this reflection. I’ve been asked to prepare a ‘thought for the day’ for our ‘Evergreens’ lunch on 10 November. We invite mainly elderly singletons from the parish for lunch, fellowship and chats around the table. The Chapman poem is saying what we want to say, so I may plagiarise your comments and borrow the poem. Thank you. God bless.
Hi Ian - yes, please do, sounds like a lovely opportunity to speak into. That Chapman song is from his album, Beauty Will Rise, which is a response to the tragic death of his daugher, the story of which is told here: https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/steven-curtis-chapmans-daughter-killed/ The songs on that album are all so moving and filled with gospel hope. It's worth looking it up (YouTube has it, as well as the music streaming services).
Phew. What a tragic story. Thanks for the pointer, Richard. Earlier in the year, we went to a drama presentation of the story behind ‘It is well with my soul’; again another tragic tale, compounded by the writer of the music and his wife dying in a train crash at a later date. When I read of these stories and think how blessed I am, I am grateful to God for so much. Now, Lord, please save my (our?) children, partners and their children. Amen.
Hello, Richard and thank you for this reflection. I’ve been asked to prepare a ‘thought for the day’ for our ‘Evergreens’ lunch on 10 November. We invite mainly elderly singletons from the parish for lunch, fellowship and chats around the table. The Chapman poem is saying what we want to say, so I may plagiarise your comments and borrow the poem. Thank you. God bless.
Hi Ian - yes, please do, sounds like a lovely opportunity to speak into. That Chapman song is from his album, Beauty Will Rise, which is a response to the tragic death of his daugher, the story of which is told here: https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/steven-curtis-chapmans-daughter-killed/ The songs on that album are all so moving and filled with gospel hope. It's worth looking it up (YouTube has it, as well as the music streaming services).
Phew. What a tragic story. Thanks for the pointer, Richard. Earlier in the year, we went to a drama presentation of the story behind ‘It is well with my soul’; again another tragic tale, compounded by the writer of the music and his wife dying in a train crash at a later date. When I read of these stories and think how blessed I am, I am grateful to God for so much. Now, Lord, please save my (our?) children, partners and their children. Amen.
Amen, Ian.
Thanks so much for this, Richard.
Thanks Matthew.