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Indelible Grace is a collection of CD's that our family has loved over the years. The songs are hymns that have been reworked with a more contemporary melody without distracting from the meaning of the words. I have many great memories of Jon playing his guitar and a 5 yr old Anne Michal belting out songs Like The Sands of Times Are Sinking. They have meant a lot to us and have ministered to us greatly. Last April 13th, early in the evening, Hannah and Marian were admiring a black and white photo of all the kids I had taken that was on the mantle. I was telling them how I wanted to move it over the piano and have a couple of songs done in calligraphy to hang on either side. One was Whate'er my God Ordains is Right which was a favorite from one of the Indelible Grace albums as I felt I had learned a lot about God's soveriegnty over the last years and was comforted by it. Not only that, but I wanted our family to live knowing that God orders our lives and we can trust that what He does is good. The other was Beneath the Blood-stained Lintel as a reminder of God's promises to us and our children. Little did I know that an hour later, my son would be fighting for his life and 14 days later we would be singing those songs at his funeral.
While he was in the hospital, we kept a CD player on his bed above his head and played a number of CDs most of which were the Indelible Grace CDs as hymns based on scripture are such a comfort and encouragement. They soothed our souls, calmed our nerves, and kept our sights on things above.
Last week, we received a copy of Indelible Grace V Wake Thy Slumbering Children in the mail from the Indelible Grace folks. Thanks to the common bond of prayer they had been praying for our family and wanted to send us a copy of this work. Here is the description of the project:
It is a joy to introduce you to this latest collection of hymns with new tunes. These hymns help us express our heart cries in words richer than our own, and open our eyes to see the beauty of a Savior who has promised the blessings we need most. What joy to know that as we cry “Wake Thy slumbering children!” we cry to the Father for His “promised blessing” to revive His church. What comfort to know that even when our hearts are bereaved and lonely, we can be reminded and encouraged: “O watch and wait with patience, and question all you will; His arms of love and mercy are ‘round about thee still.” What power to know that as we cry, “Come, Lord, and wipe away the curse, the sin, the stain, and make this blighted world of ours Thine own fair world again” we actually cry out to the One who died to make this dream a reality. What glory to know that, even in our dying hour, we can plead “abide with me” to the One who has promised to never leave or forsake us. We commend these hymns because we believe they have power to wake us to the reality of our great need for Jesus and open our eyes to see we have a great Jesus for our need.
Here is the first verse of the first song, Cling to the Crucified:
Cling to the Mighty One, Cling in thy grief
Cling to the Holy One, He gives relief
Cling to the Gracious One, Cling in thy pain
Cling to the Faithful One, He will sustain
Anne Michal sat on the couch with the lyrics and cried through the CD...ok...so did I but I saw her and she didn't see me so it doesn't count. ;-) Very mournful and comforting at the same time. Thank you, Wendy, for sending it to us and for all the others who have prayed for us.
Check out their CD's from the links above!!
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