Jesus is mine! Is He yours too?
…let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance
of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and
our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without
wavering, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:22-23
Joseph Knapp was the second president of MET Life and he was a
wealthy man. His wife Phoebe was the daughter of Methodist Evangelists. Both
husband and wife were followers of Jesus, and Phoebe is credited with composing
over 500 hymn tunes. She had an organ in her room!
One day Phoebe composed a tune and in walked hymn-writer Fanny
Crosby. So Phoebe played the tune and asked Fanny what the tune says. Fanny
clapped her hands and said “Jesus is mine! Jesus is mine!” Then Fanny wrote
words for the tune. What is interesting about Fanny is that she became blind as
an infant but the blindness did not hinder her to become a prolific hymn-writer
and her faith in Jesus was rock-solid. She is known to have written thousand
and thousands of hymns.
So a prolific composer of hymns and even more prolific hymn-writer
joined and gave us a song. And today we know
and sing Fanny and Phoebe’s hymn – Blessed Assurance!
Enjoy the following links of Blessed Assurance by Third Day
and George Beverly Shea.
Thank you Jesus for being my Savior. Amen.
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