Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 18, 2023 • 72 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 • February 11, 2023 • 28 Comments
“Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And He will delight in... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 04, 2023 • 14 Comments
My sweet Lord, My Lord. I really want to see you. Really want to be with you. Really want to see you, Lord, But it takes so long, my Lord. My sweet Lord. My Lord, My Lord. I really want to know you. Really want to go with you. Really want to show you, Lord.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 28, 2023 • 27 Comments
This land is mine. God gave this land to me. This brave and ancient land to me. And when the morning sun Reveals her hills and plains, Then I see a land Where children can run free. So take my hand And walk this land with me. And walk this lovely land with me. –... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 21, 2023 • 44 Comments
I paused to watch a darting speck That flickered in the yellow breeze And came to taste my daisy bed And touched with gold my lazy trees And blessed all I had done. And though I had to turn my head, I watched it as it fluttered by. And though I had to work instead,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 14, 2023 • 46 Comments
Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild restless sea; day by day his voice still calls us saying, ‘Christian, follow me.’ As of old Saint Andrew heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and work and kindred, leaving all for Jesus’s sake. Jesus calls us from the worship of the... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 07, 2023 • 37 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. – John-Michael Tebelak (1949-1985) & Stephen Lawrence Schwartz from “Day by Day” (1970) Preparing the materials for teachingsbyjesus.com is the hardest thing that I ever have... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 31, 2022 • 34 Comments
(I come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses. And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, And He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own. And the joy we share as we tarry there... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 24, 2022 • 39 Comments
Joy to the world! The Lord is come. Let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing! And heaven and nature sing! And heaven, and heaven and nature sing! – Isaac Watts (1674-1748), from “Joy to the World” (1719) As I woke up last Sunday morning, my Thomas... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 17, 2022 • 32 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! Though the darkness hide thee. Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see. Only Thou art holy. There is none beside... Read More
