CQOD MOBILE Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Herbert: The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?
Meditation:
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.—Luke 2:20 (NIV)
Quotation:
The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be?My God, no hymn for Thee?My soul’s a shepherd too: a flock it feedsOf thoughts, and words, and deeds.The pasture is Thy Word, the streams, Thy GraceEnriching all the place.Shepherd and flock shall sing, and all my powersOut-sing the daylight hours.Then we will chide the sun for letting nightTake up his place and right:We sing one common Lord; wherefore he shouldHimself the candle hold.I will go searching, till I find a sunShall stay, till we have done;A willing shiner, that shall shine as gladly,As frost-nipt suns look sadly.Then we will sing, and shine all our own day,And one another pay:His beams shall cheer my breast, and both so twine,Till ev’n his beams sing, and my music shine.... George Herbert (1593-1633), The Poetical Works of George Herbert, New York: D. Appleton, 1857, p. 102
(see the book)See also Luke 2:20; Ps. 33:1-4; 98:1-8; 104:33; 119:105; 1 Cor. 15:14; Eph. 5:19-20; Col. 3:16 Quiet time reflection:May Your people ever sing Your praises, Lord. See yesterdayTweet this
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