Spiritual Moments with the Great Composers
"Would you have your songs endure? Build on the human heart." - Robert Browning The great hymns keep on giving strength, bolstering faith. They endure because they "build on the human heart." As do these meditations based on seventy favorite hymns and gospel songs. Sometimes they beckon, softly and tenderly; sometimes they pierce like a trumpet call.Like the hymns, the readings in this book may herald tidings of comfort and joy. Rephrase an old, old story. Remind us that Jesus loves us and bids us to shine. Testify to God's amazing grace. Prompt us to fall on our knees, to lift up every voice and sing.Some of them tie a song's origin to its message. Many weave in moments of epiphany: How and when did a particular hymn touch someone's spirit? All of them lead you to consider God's word to you as you face daily victories, setbacks, challenges, choices.There's something extraordinary about these devotional writings by Evelyn Bence. Put yourself in the hands of a masterful storyteller who knows how to draw you in and draw you near. "Evelyn captures spiritual moments with such intensity, it seems as if we are there with Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley as they wrote the great hymns of the faith." -- Sheila Walsh, AUTHOR of Honestly "This book helps greatly in keeping the great hymns a vibrant part of our sometimes rootless western expressions of the Christian faith." -- John Michael Talbot, Recording Artist  ". . . enthralling reading. Read in conjunction with the Bible, it will add a new dimension of artistry and sensitivity to one's Christian walk." -- Don Wyrtzen, Composer, Pianist, Producer