What's in Your Head Today?

G. K. Chesterton wrote: "It is important to listen to the democracy of the past." As you look in scripture you see that as Gods people got into trouble they generally went to scripture and the voices of the past for comfort. One wonderful voice from the past is Isaac Watts, who in 1719 wrote "Oh God, our help in ages past" using the text of Psalm 90. He also wrote:

• Joy to the World
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
• Alas! and did my Savior Bleed
• Come Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove

Think about the following hymn, that mirrors Psalm 23, with words written a in 1719 for a moment:

My Shepherd will supply my need: Jehovah is His Name;In pastures fresh He makes me feed, Beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit backWhen I forsake His ways, And leads me, for His mercy’s sake,In paths of truth and grace.

When I walk through the shades of death His presence is my stay; One word of His supporting grace Drives all my fears away. His hand, in sight of all my foes, Doth still my table spread; My cup with blessings overflows, His oil anoints my head.

The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days; O may Thy house be my abode, And all my work be praise. There would I find a settled rest, While others go and come;No more a stranger, nor a guest, But like a child at home.

It isn't about going back to the Puritan days, I enjoy the creativity of modern praise music as much as the rest, but the richness of this is awsome, don't you think?