This Is My Father's World

This Is My Father's World

This is my Father's world,
and to my listening ears
all nature sings, and round me rings
the music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world:
I rest me in the thought
of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;
his hand the wonders wrought.

This is my Father's world,
the birds their carols raise,
the morning light, the lily white,
declare their maker's praise.
This is my Father's world:
he shines in all that's fair;
in the rustling grass I hear him pass;
he speaks to me everywhere.

This is my Father's world.
O let me ne'er forget
that though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father's world:
why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King; let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let the earth be glad!

This is one of my favorite hymns right now; I could hear it over and over again. We occasionally sing it in church, if I had anything to do with it, we'd sing it every Sunday. You can listen to it here by Fernando Ortega {another one of my favorites}. I used to not be into hymns... until my husband came along. He has helped me appreciate them; they are now my favorite. Do you know about Red Mountain Music? They re-work old hymns and, like Ortega, are quite good at what they do. If you're not familiar with them, take a few minutes and explore. We love all their albums!

I spent yesterday morning enjoying my Father's world with my husband and my son. Justin's parents own BEAUTIFUL property south of town and we spent the morning with turkeys, White Ibises, Fox Squirrels, and many other signs of life. I left dishes in the sink, laundry on the floor, food on the counters and spent the entire morning with my husband at quite possibly his most favorite place on earth. Trust me, it wasn't much of a sacrifice for me to join him, you'll see why.

Life is good, spring is close, we could see it everywhere.

Hope you all have a delightful weekend.