What grace is meant to do is to help good people, not to escape their sufferings, but to bear them with a stout heart, with the fortitude that comes through faith.
--St. Augustine, The City of God
Alan Jackson, one of the grand old men of country music, sings the one hymn that it seems every American knows and loves, believers and unbelievers alike. It seems particularly fitting today.
For the record, a frigid blast has settled over the land. The wind chill here was 14 when I got up this morning. It will turn even colder overnight. Florida's doing all right, though. Figures.
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2 comments:
I cringe every time I hear that song. I swear if they sing it a my funeral I’ll get up and hurt someone.
LOL Frank! Yes, I know the feeling - it has been sung to death on any and every occasion. I avoid listening to it, too. But once in a great while, it fits the occasion, and the words are deeply moving.
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