It Never Fails to Cheer Me

 "I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light."

Mary Gardiner Brainard (c. 1860)

 

 

Please indulge me. I want to write about my Melody of Hymns again. They have gotten me through many years with a broken heart. They've been an encouragement, comforter and refresher. 

 

I believe God planted the idea in my mind to help me get through my broken heart. I wrote down the first verse of 30 hymns and began singing them in the same order every day. After three months they were memorized.

 

 

It's been almost 40 years and I still know them by heart. Oh, I miss words sometimes and scramble them occasionally, but their order is still cemented in my mind and I still sing them today.

I was not good at memorizing Scripture and this was the link to keep be grounded in God's Word and heart. Hymns do that, you know. They are based in Scripture and tell God's story. 

I strongly suggest doing this for an immediate encouragement and refresher in your heart. All it takes is 30 index cards, or just a pieces of paper, writing the first verse of favorite hymns and singing them in order every day.

 

I'm in my 70s now and started this in my 30s. I have not found anything else that helps me cope with a broken heart more than my Melody of Hymns. Certainly reading my Bible each morning and studying His Word is a must. And as you know from my posts, devotion books provide me with many thoughts to help me along. My Melody of Hymns are with me when I'm not sitting down to read and I can sing them anywhere, out loud or to myself.

 

Do you see the fawn in the grass on the right side?
 

I sing them in the car. I sing them at home. I sing them on my early morning drives. Whenever I need a boost to help me overcome difficult thoughts I sing my songs. 

"God comes in where my helplessness begins."

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

Have you tried it?  I hope you will. When I see Jesus, aside from thanking Him for His gift of salvation I will be thanking Him for my Melody of Hymns. And I know one day, in His perfect timing, my broken heart will be gone.

Our family out back eating grass.