I Know Who Holds Tomorrow

I Know Who Holds Tomorrow

I don't know about tomorrow,
I just live from day to day.
I don't borrow from it's sunshine,
For it's skies may turn to gray.
I don't worry o'er the future,
For I know what Jesus said,
And today I'll walk beside Him,
For He knows what is ahead.

Refrain

Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.

Ev'ry step is getting brighter,
As the golden stairs I climb;
Ev'ry burden's getting lighter;
Ev'ry cloud is silver lined.
There the sun is always shining,
There no tear will dim the eyes,
At the ending of the rainbow,
Where the mountains touch the sky.

Refrain

Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.

I don't know about tomorrow,
It may bring me poverty;
But the One Who feeds the sparrow,
Is the One Who stands by me.
And the path that be my portion,
May be through the flame or flood,
But His presence goes before me,
And I'm covered with His blood.

Refrain

Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand.

Words and music by Ira Stanphill

Dunno if this can be considered a hymn.. but anyway its a classic Christian song that I like very much... :) especially these few days....

Set Your Mind On Things Above

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

- Colossians 3:1-3

Just read this passage last night (Col 3). It was really a good reminder to fix my eyes and my mind on the things of God and not on this world... its not wrong to think about things that are in this world (which is definitely necessary...), so what does it mean to set our minds on things above?

Well.. i think that it means that we must let the things of God occupy our minds more than any other concerns or things... We must "seek the things that are above" -> meaning that our desires must not be for the things that are temporal and which will fade away.. .....definitely difficult!! To test what are you seeking (or desiring) today, ask yourself: what makes me excited today? what topics will make my eyes brighten and my heart beat faster when i talk about them? Those are the things that we truly seek and desire. From another point of view, we can also ask.. do the things above (prayer, God's Word, salvation of sinners, etc) make me passionate and excited, make my heart beat faster...?

Of course, to "set our minds" on these things also means that the things that God is concerned about are also our #1 concerns. And these things must be part of our considerations whatever we are doing in our daily life...

How can this be possible if the world has so many attractions and distractions already prepared for us 24/7? I guess one of the ways we can help each other is by obeying Colossians 3:16...

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
- Colossians 3:16

This is the way we should interact with brothers and sisters-in-Christ. Is God a part of our conversations all the time? Or are we just another social club?

May we remember that we... "have died" and that "Christ... is [our] life".

Jesus Paid It All

If you all noticed, today this hymn was played during the Lord's Supper...

I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”

Refrain:
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.

For nothing good have I
Whereby Thy grace to claim;
I’ll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.

Refrain

And when before thy throne
I stand in Him complete
Jesus died my soul to save
My lips shall still repeat

Refrain

(Some versions include the following verses as well)

And now complete in Him,
My robe, His righteousness,
Close sheltered ’neath His side,
I am divinely blest.

Refrain

Lord, now indeed I find
Thy pow’r, and Thine alone,
Can change the leper’s spots
And melt the heart of stone.

Refrain

When from my dying bed
My ransomed soul shall rise,
“Jesus died my soul to save,”
Shall rend the vaulted skies.

Refrain

And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete,
I’ll lay my trophies down,
All down at Jesus’ feet.

Refrain

Text: Elvina Hall
Music: John T. Grape
First published: 1868

“‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the LORD. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool’” -Isaiah 1:18.

Indeed, "Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow..." May we ever remember this and be eternally grateful....