Wonderful, Merciful Savior
It’s the midpoint of the semester here at Luther Seminary. Which means it’s been a week of midterms, candidacy interviews for second-year students, approval interviews for seniors, and more. There is, at this point of the semester, often a discernible weariness you can detect on the faces of students and faculty alike.
For me, it’s also the midpoint of my regular commute from our new home near Philly to the Twin Cities. Quite frankly, that commute has gone as well as I could possibly have hoped – few delayed flights, just enough time to get work done, and a cleverly arranged schedule (thank you, Office of the Registrar!) that means that for the first time in several years I won’t miss a single class this semester. And yet I have to say it’s good to be at the midpoint and to see the home stretch ahead to being with my family for longer stretches of time.
At the end of this kind of week, I felt like I needed a hymn to buoy my spirits and sing me into the weekend. As you know, I am always intrigued by the ability technology gives us to think differently and creatively about how to present the messages we seek to convey. And certainly that’s true of music. Having greatly appreciated the Virtual Choirs put together by Eric Whitacre, I was instantly taken with this video of musician and vocalist David Wesley’s rendition of the contemporary Christian hymn, “Wonderful, Merciful Savior” (written by Dawn Rogers and Eric Wise).
It was just the thing I needed this Friday, and I hope it sings you into the weekend as well.
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That was absolutely wonderful. It sent me into tears, as did another you posted, perhaps almost a year ago, O Come, O Come Emmanuel by the Piano Guys, I think it was. I go back to that more times than I can count!, Now I have at least two. Thank you David.
Traveling – and every other kind of- mercies, David! Thanks for this hymn.
in the steady hands of this Savior, as you are, Mary Kaye
I needed that… THANKS!
Much appreciated!
What a gift on what is here a very rainy, kinda’ gloomy day…this made my heart happy . Thank you for sharing it. Fly away home:)
Thank you
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Indeed a gift! THANK YOU!
thank you – a gracious hymn to welcome the weekend…and whatever it holds…:)
Beautiful! A great way to start a weekend – with the message and the music
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Oh to be able to sing like Eric and to write like you, David. But I can praise God for feeding my hungry heart. Thank you for the reminder that even “here in my weakness” I can come before God’s throne any time, any day.
This is an inspirational piece and picked me up from the doldrems. Thanks for your inspirational messages. Myron
Thanks so much for sharing this. I just wanted to let you know that since this post, I’ve done three virtual choirs of my own! Please check out this new version of In Christ Alone, sung by 48 singers from 14 countries. 🙂
https://youtu.be/RY4CW5pte98
Very cool!