{"id":3075,"date":"2017-08-30T17:13:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T22:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/ponderanew\/?p=3075"},"modified":"2017-08-31T14:00:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T19:00:20","slug":"11-hymns-city-devastated-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ponderanew\/2017\/08\/30\/11-hymns-city-devastated-water\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Hymns for a City Devastated by Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"houston<\/a><\/p>\n

Dear friends, this has been a tough week to be from the Houston area. At my house, it rained over 40 inches in 4 days. Thankfully, my beautiful little family has stayed safe and dry, but so many others have not. We have family and friends who have escaped flooding homes. Others are facing weeks, perhaps longer, before they are even able to assess the damage. Lives have been lost, and the toll will likely not be known until the waters subside.<\/p>\n

You might have seen the national news coverage. Though there has been some sensationalizing, the devastation has not been exaggerated. Major thoroughfares are now raging rivers. Peaceful creeks have overtaken entire neighborhoods. Elderly citizens have been lifted out of swampy homes by helicopter. Moms and dads have waded through snake-infested bayou waters to save their babies from the encroaching flood waters.<\/p>\n

Flooding is a fact of life in Houston, but we\u2019ve never seen anything like this. Those who gather in churches this Sunday will be in distress, for themselves, for their loved ones, and for their neighborhoods. Here are some hymns that can speak into their situation.<\/p>\n

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My Hope is Built on Nothing Less<\/h3>\n

His oath, his covenant, his blood
\nsupport me in the whelming flood;
\nwhen all around my soul gives way,
\nhe then is all my hope and stay.<\/p>\n

On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
\nall other ground is sinking sand,
\nall other ground is sinking sand.<\/p>\n

-Edward Mote, 1834
\nTunes: SOLID ROCK, MELITA<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZdwlYKw7s3Y<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Stand By Me<\/h3>\n

When the storms of life are raging,
\nStand by me (stand by me);
\nWhen the storms of life are raging,
\nStand by me (stand by me);
\nWhen the world is tossing me
\nLike a upon the sea,
\nThou Who rulest wind and water,
\nStand by me (stand by me).<\/p>\n

\u2013 Charles Albert Tindley, 1905
\nTune: STAND BY ME<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=khDb3kbErTQ<\/p>\n

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God Will Take Care of You<\/h3>\n

God will take care of you,
\nThrough every day,
\nO\u2019er all the way;
\nHe will take care of you,
\nGod will take care of you.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Civilla D. Martin, 1904
\nTune: GOD CARES<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AfzMEartb7Y<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms<\/h3>\n

Leaning, leaning,
\nSafe and secure from all alarms.<\/p>\n

\u2013 E.A. Hoffman, 1887
\nTune: SHOWALTER<\/p>\n