Still going strong on the Psalms readings. Loving it.

I’ve been so bad at actually blogging my thoughts, so I’ll be doing the past 3 days in a row right now. :)

Day 8′s readings were Psalms 8, 48, 88 and 128.

Psalm 8 was without a doubt my favourite on this day.

Verse 3-4 says:

“3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?”

These verses immediately reminded me of the hymn, How Great Thou Art.

“O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!”

This hymn was written in 1886 by a Swedish man named Carl Boberg.

I absolutely love this hymn, but I have taken it for granted many times. The amount of times I have sung this song is insane. I grew up in The Salvation Army, so for 16 years of my life I sang hymns every Sunday.

At times I’d think they were so boring, but in actual fact they are so powerful and extremely beautiful.

Reflecting on this Psalm today reminded me of this hymn and in turn I started reflecting on the lyrics of this well-loved hymn.

When we see all that the hand of our God has created we can only stand amazed. Our God is Great! There is something about looking at creation which stirs our hearts to worship Him.

Our souls cry out to Him: “How Great Thou Art!”

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