{"id":17493,"date":"2014-02-03T00:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T05:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=17493"},"modified":"2014-02-02T22:02:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T03:02:29","slug":"rock-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/03\/rock-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock of Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Rock of Ages, cleft for me,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let me hide myself in Thee;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let the water and the blood,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> From Thy wounded side which flowed,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Be of sin the double cure,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Save from wrath and make me pure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Not the labor of my hands<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Can fulfill Thy law\u2019s demands;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Could my zeal no respite know,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Could my tears forever flow,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> All for sin could not atone;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Thou must save, and Thou alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Nothing in my hand I bring,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Simply to Thy cross I cling;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Naked, come to Thee for dress;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Helpless, look to Thee for grace;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Foul, I to the fountain fly;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Wash me, Savior, or I die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">While I draw this fleeting breath,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When my eyes shall close in death,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> When I rise to worlds unknown,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And behold Thee on Thy throne,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Rock of Ages, cleft for me,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let me hide myself in Thee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tu0lsByS9m4\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~ \u00a0Written by Augustus Toplady, 1760&#8217;s \/ Performed by Sound Doctrine Band \u00a0~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is an old hymn which many of us have grown up singing in a more traditional setting. \u00a0This version is a little more updated. \u00a0The story goes that Mr. Toplady was traveling the countryside in England when a violent thunder storm occured leaving him to find shelter in the hillside. \u00a0While waiting for the storm to subside and fearing for his life, the poem began to form in his mind. \u00a0Having no paper, it is said that he found some playing cards that he wrote upon. \u00a0As a young cleric I am sure he was much chagrined about using such a surface.<\/p>\n<p>How many times have we found ourselves in the middle of storms that we have thought we might not survive? \u00a0But by the grace of God, He is faithful and true to bring us through them. \u00a0I remember growing up and wondering why was I there and why was I with this family who did not love me. \u00a0But then I realized that I was where I needed to be. \u00a0God had a specific purpose for me walking through the abandonment, abuse, abortion, and later forgiveness. \u00a0He helped me to see that there are such things as generational curses that need to be broken, and choices each person is responsible for.<\/p>\n<p>I have come a long way from that little country girl who suffered. \u00a0He put women in my life who have walked the same path I had and came out of the fire whole and willing for God to use them. \u00a0Grace and mercy is what helps us get through all the hurt. \u00a0Speaking life into others brings healing. \u00a0Forgiveness brings us full circle. \u00a0It gives us the ability to see others as they are, human, despite their role in our life. Whether it is a parental role, sibling role, or as a friend&#8230;we are all human.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For of His fulness we all received, and grace for grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. \u00a0John 1:16-17 \u00a0ASV<\/p>\n<p>We all have a part in what happens to us, good or bad. \u00a0We all suffer consequences of our actions. \u00a0It is when we let those actions from our <em>past\u00a0<\/em>define who we are now that we are defeated. \u00a0We are to put away the old man and fight for the new creation in Jesus Christ to shine forth. \u00a0We need to find the passion we had when we first believed. \u00a0And we can!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Lord, for Your grace and mercy; and for the Holy Spirit that is within all of us. \u00a0In Jesus&#8217; name, I pray. \u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure. 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