(Irishcast) Our Bountiful God (Ps 65v11 Acts 14v17)
My friend Jim is overcome with the bounty of our Lord as he received grace upon grace on Sunday at St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Aberfoyle, Scotland. The pastor preached the gospel message of Christ who is a friend of sinners like the Apostle Peter and Jim. The worship connected Jim with other followers of Jesus who also need to hear the truth about how bounteous our God is to them when there is nothing in them to justify such goodness. That is why we are justified by faith and nothing else. The author of the hymn, “Now Thank We All Our God,” trusted this same bounty. Martin Rinkart (1586-1649) served his church tirelessly through the 30 years war. He buried thousands of people due to a pestilence that struck his town in 1637. His own wife died. At the end of his years of service, the leaders of his church rejected him. In spite of it all, he trusted in the bounty of His Father in heaven. He wrote these words and hundreds others like them helping people to sing their way through every difficulty into the presence of the Risen Christ. May our bounteous Lord give you a song to cheer your soul today.
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