Love Lifted Me
This weeks hymn was written by James Rowe and Howard E. Smith in 1912.
“Rowe & Smith wrote this song in Saugatuck (now part of Westport), Connecticut. According to Rowe’s daughter:
Howard E. Smith was a little man whose hands were so knotted with arthritis that you would wonder how he could use them at all, much less play the piano…I can see them now, my father striding up and down humming a bar or two and Howard E. playing it and jotting it down.” Hymntime.com
What a gift to continue through the pain to use the gift God had given him. As we read the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30, we are reminded that when we invest and use the talents God has given us, we are being obedience to God and living out what we are here for. God gives us gifts, time and other resources according to our abilities, and He expects us to use them wisely until He returns. We are responsible to use well what God has given us. It’s not about how much we have, but how well we use what we have. I pray today that fear will no longer hold us back from “investing” and using the gifts God has given us. I pray we are encouraged today by this parable to walk boldly and to know that Love has Lifted us and will continue no matter the circumstance.
Have a blessed week.
Lyrics:
I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore,
Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more,
But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry,
From the waters lifted me, now safe am I.
Refrain
Love lifted me! Love lifted me!
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me!
Love lifted me! Love lifted me!
When nothing else could help
Love lifted me!
