Last night at NPC the worship leader lead us in this old hymn, I was lost in it’s relevance for today and all that is going on around the world. I think of the events of last night with a plane crash in New York State, the slumping economy with unemployment in Detroit soaring past 21%, to the intense daily struggles many of my friends are facing around the country… it’s powerful to be reminded that this land is built on shifting sand, but our hope is built on solid ground.
The Solid Rock
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Chorus:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
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