Me: Howdy!
Prodigal: I just finished listening to some hymns.
Me: Which one?
Prodigal: I need thee every hour.
Me: Let me share some background.
This is from the book Great Women of the Christian Faith by Edith Deen
Annie S. Hawks, who wrote “I Need Thee Every Hour” In 1872. She was born in upstate New York, and resided for many years in Brooklyn, but the facts of her life are obscure.
It is easy to bring pride in the picture and want to be known. You want to be known as helping other Christians. Today, God wants to bring you another message. This is about serving and people don’t really know. It is about doing without thousands understanding what you are doing. We serve and God gets the credit. That is our focus.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
John 16:13
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
