Sunny Sunday #3 - Come Thou Fount - Verse 1

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing,

Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;

Streams of mercy, never ceasing,

Call for songs of loudest praise.

Teach me some melodious sonnet,

Sung by flaming tongues above.

Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it,

Mount of Thy redeeming love.

The ability to praise is a blessing of divine mercy and grace. The battle worn soul, devoid of strength and refuge, pleads for mercy and grace and the ability to adequately express the joy within his heart from the cooling balm of the Lord.

Christ is the fountain of life and of every blessing that flows from God. It is his atonement that bridges the gap between us and God. Our mortality has separated us from God's divine goodness and by grace and mercy alone we are allowed to reconnect with the divine through Christ.

Though we may be blind to it at times, God's mercy never ceases. He is disposed to be our protector and guide. He wants to help us because of his love for us and only because of His love for us. What joy fills our soul when we realize that there is hope. That through divine grace and mercy, God can help us win the fight and bring us back to him. To do so, we must acknowledge that it is by his grace that we can be made whole. Our souls are filled with light that we do not deserve and we desire to proclaim God's goodness with the song of the angels.

Notice where we start in this journey. It is not by recognizing our own efforts, but by asking for the gift of divine mercy that has already been extended to us. All we must do is embrace it to find the peace that we seek.