While I was jogging this afternoon I listened to Michael Card's CD project "Hymns". It's a collection of both well-known and obscure hymns coupled with acoustic-ish, irish-ish, folk-ish instrumentation. One of the songs in the collection is "Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners!", which also happens to be one of our required hymns.
As I was jogging, I listened carefully to the text and was encouraged by the rich, biblical language the hymn writer uses to describe Jesus. He uses titles such as "lover of my soul", "strength in weakness", "help in sorrows", "guide and keeper", etc. I was reminded of how truly helpful hymns can be in raising the affections of the heart as the mind considers the many beauties of Christ. Each title helps us gaze more intently upon another facet of the infinitely faceted gem that is Christ. Our minds cannot now behold all his brilliant glories and excellencies together at one time. Truly "now we see in a mirror dimly". Yet hymns like "Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners!" remind us of the inexhaustible sufficiency of Jesus, and cause us to long for the day when we will no longer see through dim mirrors, but rather face to face.
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