Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise

Dear Church Family

   Here we are on March 24 and continue to hear from our State leadership that we need to practice social distancing and more stores and places of gathering are being closed to help keep us safe and well. I pray you are doing those things so that others will not make you sick, or you make others sick, by passing this along without even knowing it. It is hard to quarantine ourselves, but in this time of the pandemic we need to do so.

   I thought I would share some hymns that offer comfort at a time like this with a meditation on one a day. I hope this will give you some encouragement as we await the day of freedom to move about as we wish. I also ask for your prayers of patience for me. I’m trying to research and learn about as many ways to connect with you using modern technology as I can. It’s a tough learning curve, but I want to be able to encourage you and connect with you anyway I can. I still can’t be two places at once, but with Zoom and Facebook I might be able to reach out to many of you to encourage and bless you. Thank you for your support.

  Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.

2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
thy justice like mountains high soaring above
thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.

3 Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
all praise we would render; O help us to see
'tis only the splendor of light hideth thee!      UMH # 103

Smith, Walter Chalmer, D.D., was born at Aberdeen Dec. 5, 1824, and educated at the Grammar School and University of that City. He pursued his Theological studies at Edinburgh, and was ordained Pastor of the Scottish Church in Chad well Street, Islington, London, Dec. 25, 1850. After holding several pastorates he became, in 1876, Minister of the Free High Church, Edinburgh.

   May you know that God provides the clouds, which become fountains of goodness and love. In these cloudy days, May God’s Holy Spirit, and the support of the prayers of your church family help you to remember “He rulest in might”

   God’s peace be with you all.  

Pastor Jeff