Singalong Sundays: I Asked the Lord
My apologies for the hiatus that this “Singalong Sundays” has taken. The Christmas holidays was a busy one, along with a busy time post-Christmas. I’ve been trying to read more, and thus I have not been able to devote enough time to writing about hymns and worship songs.
Blogger Justin Taylor recently posted about John Newton and why God almost drove Newton to despair. Taylor posted this old hymn from Newton, titled, “I Asked the Lord”. I remembered that I had this on the Indelible Grace live The Hymn Sing album and so I went back listened to the explanation-introduction of the hymn again, as well as the hymn itself. And boy… is it a convicting hymn that honestly addresses human struggles and despair.
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The path through struggle and despair is through faith in Christ, faith in our Lord that is often accompanied by heartache and tears.
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& chords at http://blog.sixsteps.org
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