Jesus is Mine.

Blessed assurance Jesus is mine
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Refrain

Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

Refrain


This is among one of my favorite hymns, topped only by "How Great Thou Art." Both of which happen to be very popular hymns. Today, I have been singing "Blessed Assurance" as if I actually knew of no other song. Constantly hitting the repeat button in my mind and simply singing or humming the tune over and over and over. This song brings me absolute joy and has left me with a smile all day. I have allowed my mind to drift back to the day when the late Franny Crosby and Phoebe Knapp were sitting together like dear friends do. When Phoebe decided to play this magnificent old tune and turned to Franny and asked, "What does this say?," Franny Crosby listened and I can just imagine her responding "It says 'Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine!'" Can you imagine? The joy of listening to such a beautiful tune, the joy of having hope, the joy of salvation, and suddenly being reminded of your own salvation. The beautifully written words that Franny Crosby wrote have reminded me today of my own salvation… "Blessed Assurance"

I strive for it, to praise my savior all day long. From my actions, to my conversations here at work and elsewhere, and down to my thoughts. Certainly not every moment is pleasing to my God, but rather self-pleasing. However, it is my goal to be praising my savior "all the day long." I’d like for the day to come, near the end of my journey, when I can look back on the pages of my life and say "yes, that has been my story after all, I have been praising my savior." I want you to look on my life and when you see me to see Jesus. Mostly I’m associated as the girl who had the heart transplant or the girl that’s really sweet or has that funny laugh. Which are all great things to be associated with, I just long to be identified in Christ. Anyway back to this hymn….

Another thing about this song that I absolutely love is in the second verse where Franny Crosby writes "Visions of Rapture burst on my sight" If you know anything about Franny Crosby, you know that her vision was taken from her as an infant and she was blind her whole life. Yet, even in her blindness, God allowed her to see what the rapture might look like. *Angels descending… mercy and love.* Another real depiction of God making the blind to see. I love God’s ways and how he can use songs to work our hearts. Through scriptures He tell us his words (like making the blind to see) those words live true and on in other ways like the through the words of music and poems. We can memorize verses and sing songs to Jesus that can bring glory to him… "all the day long"

Today I just wanted to remind you that
I, like Franny Crosby, am in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love