"How Great Thou Art"

"How Great Thou Art"
I've always had a soft spot in my heart for that song. I didn't know what it was about it that always made me tear up. But, I do now. I guess I had felt the spirit from the music but never really paid full attention to the lyrics:



O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.


Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!


When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.


Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!


And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.


Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!


When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"


Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!


This beautiful song describes perfectly my feelings about what my Beloved Savior has done for me. It brings me to tears to think of all that He suffered for us so we could return to live with Him again. I also feel connected to my family with this song. It was my beautiful mother's favorite hymn as well as her mother's. We sang (rather tried to sing) this song at Mum's funeral a couple weeks ago. It made me think of her, no longer in any pain, and now with joy in her heart to be reunited with her family who has passed before her. My mother is special to a lot of people in this life and no doubt in the next. Some of her qualities include: Charity, Love, Compassion, Honest & True, Faithful, Thoughtful, Creative, Devoted, Caring, Intelligent, and Successful. I could go on and on because she really was everything. But, these are the qualities I think that really speak of how she appeared to others.
I know with her passing, I want to make her proud. I have reassessed areas in my life that I've been wanting to change and think about her before I do anything. I know that my testimony has grown. I don't know how it couldn't when the last words Mum ever wrote down (a few days before she passed) were about how excited she was that another temple was to be built nearby. I know where she is. I know that I will see her again. I know that she was a good and faithful servant on the earth and I know she is STILL a good and faithful servant. She has a faith that NEVER waivers. As soon as she was introduced to the church at 16 years old, she KNEW without a shadow of a doubt that this church is true. I hope that I can convey that same strength of faith to my children. I know this church is true. I have seen too many blessings to doubt it. I know that Jesus Christ died for us so that we could repent of our sins and be clean and return to a loving Father In Heaven. I know that our family is forever. I know that Joseph Smith restored the gospel to the earth in these latter days. I know that the temple is where I want to be so our ancestors who have passed before us can have the opportunity to know for themselves too. I'm a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, and I'm a Mormon.
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