Live with care and live with wisdom;
Do not live life foolishly.
Evil days are now upon us;
Live with true integrity.
Filled with wisdom from the Spirit,
Know the Lord's will faithfully,
Singing psalms and hymns together,
Praising God in melody.
Give your thanks to God Almighty
For all time in every place.
Give thanks in the name of Jesus,
He who saves us by his grace.
TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, July 2024, after Ephesians 5:15-20.
MUSIC: Tune STUTTGART, Witt's Psalmodia Sacra, 1715. alt.
The journey through Ephesians continues. As the epistle gets, frankly, more preachy, finding a lyrical opening can be a challenge. But with instruction about singing psalms and hymns included in the scripture itself there had to be a way to make it work as a hymn, right?
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