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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Orange Sticky Note and The Rest of the Hymn


I had my scriptures open during Fast and Testimony Mtg this past Sunday and noticed the orange sticky note once again that I stuck in my scriptures a long time ago. It was written 12/21/14. It has been on my mind since Sunday. So I will be putting an excerpt of what I wrote down on that little orange sticky note-

In this dream(I)spoke of the Prophet Joseph Smith in front of a group of people (LDS). I believe mostly men. I said, "By their fruits you shall know them. He (JS) was chosen before the foundation of the world. Called to bring forth records." I asked the men, "What fruits do we have now?"
....
I told the crowd God gives us weakness. My big weakness was the lack of music-how he is using that weakness. He (Yeshua) is teaching me by using music and lyrics by his other children.
^end of excerpt

This brings me to -The Rest of the Hymn.
On radio I used to love hearing Paul Harvey share-"The Rest of the Story".
 So this is my version of that. But with the hymns.

I have discovered that there are more verses to some of  them (the hymns) then what we have in our Green LDS Hymnals. I love playing games and this had been a cross between Hide N' Seek and a Scavenger Hunt between the Lord and myself. He really does have a playful nature and I have been discovering this for myself.

My daughter's favorite song to sing is -Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam.
Did you know how it came into being and that although our children's songbook has 2 verses to it, the original has 4 verses?

vrs 1-Jesus wants me for a sunbeam,
To shine for Him each day;
In every way try to please Him,
At home, at school, at play.
Refrain/chorus
A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam;
A sunbeam, a sunbeam,
I’ll be a sunbeam for Him.
vrs 2-Jesus wants me to be loving,
And kind to all I see;
Showing how pleasant and happy
His little one can be.
Refrain/chorus
vrs 3-I will ask Jesus to help me
To keep my heart from sin,
Ever reflecting His goodness,
And always shine for Him.
Refrain/chorus
vrs 4-I’ll be a sunbeam for Jesus;
I can if I but try;
Serving Him moment by moment,
Then live with Him on high.
Refrain/chorus

*" The words come from Nellie Talbot. Rack­ing her brain for ma­ter­i­al for her Sun­day school class in rur­al Mis­sou­ri, she thought to her­self, “How can you say there’s no­thing to teach about when you have the sun and the sky and the trees and the flow­ers!” Hence the theme of this song."

^taken from Cyber Hymnal



2 comments:

  1. Thanks for this Sally. Takes me back to a time of innocence. With the understanding of maturity knowing we can be that again. Thanks, David.

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  2. Sally, I can hear your voice say, "And now you know ... The rest of the hymn."

    I love that last line,
    "Serving Him moment by moment,
    Then live with Him on high."

    Thank-you so much for posting this!

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