Daily DeBOtions

one of my favorite things about coming home is having full access to our beautiful piano.  i'm still not very good with chords and stuff like that and everything i play always seem to revolve around the key of D.  but still, i lovelovelove sitting there clonking out delicious dissonance.


i'm recently fascinated with hymns.  it's definitely not your average hillsong or chris tomlin.  but flipping through the inch and a half thick hymnal, i've felt so touched by these words that were penned so long ago.  one song in particular seems like it were written straight from my heart by someone else more eloquent than i could ever be.


I know not what awaits me,
God kindly veils mine eyes,
And o’er each step of my onward way
He makes new scenes to rise;
And ev’ry joy He sends me, comes
A sweet and glad surprise.

Where He may lead me I’ll follow,
My trust in Him repose
And ev’ry hour in perfect peace
I’ll sing, He knows, He knows;
And ev’ry hour in perfect peace
I’ll sing, He knows, He knows.

One step I see before me,
’Tis all I need to see,

The light of Heav’n more brightly shines,
When earth’s illusions flee;
And sweetly through the silence, came
His loving “Follow me.”

O blissful lack of wisdom,
’Tis blessèd not to know;
He holds me with His own right hand,
And will not let me go,
And lulls my troubled soul to rest
In Him Who loves me so.

So on I go not knowing,
I would not if I might;
I’d rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;
I’d rather walk in faith with Him
Than go alone by sight.

He knows, He knows, He knows.

sounds very hymnish, but the words are beautiful nonetheless.