Wednesday Reflection
This week we reflect on a hymn (CH4 no. 464) that is a more modern hymn written by John L. Bell. May it go with us through the week as we pray for others and for ourselves.
Though hope desert my heart,
though strangeness fill my soul,
though truth torment my troubled mind,
you have been here before.
Though confidence run dry,
though weary flesh be sore,
though conversation bear no fruit,
you have been here before.
There is no threatening place,
no trial I could know
which has not known your presence first:
you have been here before.
In Christ who, on the cross,
felt all our hurt and more,
and cried in deep abandonment,
you have been here before.
I will not dread the dark,
the fate beyond control,
nor fear what reigns in frightening times:
you will be there before.
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