I’m Home: Reflections on a Beautiful Song
Today we sang a new song, and it was immediately a favourite. In so many ways, I found the lyrics to be an echo of what is in my own heart. So here, I thought I would share my reflections on some of the lyrics. I’m Home by Shane & Shane is based on Psalm 84 . A. It begins with these words: How lovely are Your dwelling places… Oh, how I love to sing Your praises One day with You would be enough Psalm 84 puts it like this: How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God (Psalm 84:1–2). And isn’t that the heart-cry of every believer ? How lovely the place where He is! How wonderful to be with Him. Hymn writers have spoken of the sweet hour of prayer and the wonders of ten thousand times ten thousand years in heaven. What are they referring to? They’re speaking of the unspeakable joy of being in the presence of the One who is the fairest among ten thousand ...