Thursday, December 3, 2015

Went for the US citizenship interview today. Hurrah! I passed the exam without faltering in any one of the civic questions, writing a basic sentence and reading a similar sentence with four words. Happy, got into my car and turned on the CD player to listen to Kelly Joe Phelps's "Brother Sinner and the Whale" and the song came "Goodbye to Sorrow". Here it is:


lyrics
In the eyes of the Lord I am redeemed,
He has purified my blood and washed me clean,
I have said goodbye to sorrow as I lay before the cross,
His goodness and His mercy saved a child that was lost,
In the eyes of the Lord I am redeemed.

In the word of the Lord I have a home,
I don't have to fight temptation on my own,
sending prayers on up to heaven through the wonder of his name,
brings a fire into my spirit while the blessings fall like rain,
In the word of the Lord I have a home.

Through His love and by His mercy I am free,
He has loosened all the chains that binded me,
now I raise my hands in glory as I give my life to prayer,
my soul is being helped along by faith in His great care,
Through His love and by His mercy I am free.

My God came to earth a humble man,
as part of a divine and master plan,
when they crucified our Saviour He set the captives free,
that death would lose dominion over you and over me,
My God came to earth a humble man.

I have said goodbye to sorrow as I lay before the cross...

bible verse
Matthew 18:11-12
11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

Luke 19:10
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

Romans 6:9-11
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Acts 12:7
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

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