Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 27, 2025 • 0 Comment
O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder Consider all the works Thy hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy pow’r throughout The universe displayed! Chorus Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee; How great Thou art, How great Thou art! Then sings my soul, My... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 20, 2025 • 12 Comments
Day by day, Day by day, Oh Dear Lord, Three things I pray. To see thee more clearly, Love thee more dearly, Follow thee more nearly, Day by day. Oh… Day by day, Day by day, Oh Dear Lord, Three things I pray. To see thee more clearly, Love thee more dearly, Follow thee more... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 13, 2025 • 1 Comment
Beyond the blue horizon Waits a beautiful day. Goodbye to things that bore me. Joy is waiting for me! I see a new horizon. My life has only begun! Beyond the blue horizon Lies a rising sun! – Leo Robin (1900-1984), from “Beyond the Blue Horizon” (1930) You and I continue to be flat-out amazed... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 06, 2025 • 4 Comments
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity. Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea. Cherubim and seraphim, falling down before thee, Who was and... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 29, 2025 • 4 Comments
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing; Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 22, 2025 • 6 Comments
Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin’ for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin’ for to carry me home. I looked over Jordan, and what did I see, Comin’ for to carry me home? A band of angels comin’ after me, Comin’ for to carry me home. Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin’ for to... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 15, 2025 • 2 Comments
For the beauty of the earth, For the splendor of the skies, For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies. Lord of all, to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. For the wonder of each hour, Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 08, 2025 • 8 Comments
Morning has broken like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing, praise for the morning, Praise for them springing fresh from the world. Sweet the rains new fall, sunlit from Heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, Sprung... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 01, 2025 • 2 Comments
… O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain! … America! America! God shed His grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • October 25, 2025 • 2 Comments
My sweet Lord, Mmm, My Lord, Mmm, my Lord, I really wanna see you, Really wanna be with you Really wanna see you, Lord But it takes so long, my Lord My sweet Lord, Mmm, My Lord, Mmm, my Lord, I really wanna know you I’d really wanna go with you I really wanna show... Read More