Hymn of the Week--I Love To Tell The Story

I wanted a hymn about redemption this week.  I wanted a hymn that reminded me about what Christ had done for me.  Yesterday I went to the funeral of a woman from church.  Her daughters are our babysitters for small group every other Sunday.  I had never met her.  She died after a 16 month battle with cancer.  The funeral was a wonderful time of "glorifying God and remembering the life of MP."  I love the two sidedness of that theme.



MP wasn't perfect.  I read her blog for the past year and she never claimed to be.  She was like me, a sinner.  That's what makes the old, old story even sweeter.  It's not about ANYTHING that I've done or that MP did.  It's all about what HE did for us.

Romans 5:7-8
For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Give the song a listen below.  I love the harmony of the Chuck Wagon Gang on this old hymn.
 

Hymn of the Week
I Love To Tell The Story
Words by A. Katherine Hankey
Music by William G. Fischer

I love to tell the story of unseen things above,
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story, because I know ’tis true;
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do.

Refrain

I love to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory,
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.