The Fount of Every Blessing
My birthday has rolled around again (that happens so quickly these days J ). Sometimes, I’m surprised by my own age, I’ll wake up some mornings and think I’m still in my 20’s only to jolt myself back to reality that more time has passed then I think. We use our birthdays and anniversaries to mark the passage of time. They call us to stop and remember what has happened since the last time we passed this way. And whether the memories are good or bad there is something in us that needs to recall, evaluate, and acknowledge what has transpired. As I pass my milestone this year I am captivated by the words of a very old hymn penned in 1757 by Robert Robinson, “Come Thou Fount”. “Come thou fount of every blessing tune my heart to sing thy grace.” Looking back over my year and even farther past that into the years before, I find that my life is covered with evidences of God’s grace. They are weaved into every portion of my existence and...