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Went to Church this morning - not unlike every other Sunday really. Went to our home Church, Calvary Christian Church. The morning was very much like other Sundays, we went to Tim Horton's on the way for breakfast. Nothing unusual....

That is until Praise and Worship time. During worship I was struck by the words the songs, songs that were very familiar to me. nothing really new - just a new meaning. Isn't it amazing how that can happen. One of the songs we sang was, When I Survey the Wonderous Cross, a hymn written in 1707! The words of the hymn (as we sang it today):

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of Glory died
My richest gain I count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from his head, his hands, his feet
Sorrow and love flow mingled down
Did ever such love and sorrow meet
Or thorns compose so rich a crown

Were the whole realm of nature mine
That were an offering far too small
Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all

As we sang this song, and others, like Enough and I Surrender, I was struck by the joy that is found in trusting Jesus with our lives. And the Joy in knowing that God never fails! (thank you Ruth for your word!) The Joy in knowing that we were so important to God that he sacrificed his own son for our salvation.

So cool when a God uses a Sunday morning service to reveal something! Even in the sermon this morning God continued to reveal Joy to me.

So thankful that I made the decision to get up and go to Church this morning!