Music Monday: Christ is mine forevermore

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Mine are days that God has numbered
I was made to walk with Him
Yet I look for worldly treasure
And forsake the King of kings
But mine is hope in my Redeemer
Though I fall, his love is sure
For Christ has paid for every failing
I am His forevermore

Mine are tears in times of sorrow
Darkness not yet understood
Through the valley I must travel
Where I see no earthly good
But mine is peace that flows from heaven
And the strength in times of need
I know my pain will not be wasted
Christ completes his work in me

Mine are days here as a stranger
Pilgrim on a narrow way
One with Christ I will encounter
Harm and hatred for his name
But mine is armour for this battle
Strong enough to last the war
And he has said he will deliver
Safely to the golden shore

And mine are keys to Zion city
Where beside the King I walk
For there my heart has found its treasure
Christ is mine forevermore

Come rejoice now, O my soul
For his love is my reward
Fear is gone and hope is sure
Christ is mine forevermore!

Biology and Bodily Autonomy

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Last month, one of my friends posted an image of this Instagram conversation on her Facebook account:

No Straw Men Here

The point of the post is clear – you don’t get to call a child an abomination just because of the manner of his or her conception. However, a man named Sam responded by writing the following:

This is a straw man. Just because some people are rude does not mean you get to take away women’s choices

Sam on Facebook

Sam had clearly seen people use the phrase “straw man” in arguments before, but doesn’t understand what it means. The Straw Man Fallacy is when an argument is misrepresented or weakened in an attempt to make it more easily refuted. However, that’s not happening here… In the image, thewhistestguy called unborn children conceived in incest/rape an “abomination of nature”. The user albany_rose pointed out that, if he’s willing to apply this slur to the unborn, he’s implicitly applying this slur to those who are born.

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Music Monday: Miserere mei, Deus

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Lent begins this week, so I thought a penitential song was in order, so here is Misere Mei, Deus which is a song based on Psalm 51:

Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy.

Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.
According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies 
remove my transgressions.

Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquities, and cleanse me from my sin.

Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco:
et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
I knowingly confess my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me.

Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci:
ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris.
Against Thee only have I sinned, and done evil before Thee:
that they may be justified in Thy sayings, and might they overcome when I am judged.

Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus:
cor contritum, et humiliatum, Deus, non despicies.
Sacrifices of God are broken spirits:
dejected and contrite hearts, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

Benigne fac, Domine, in bona voluntate tua Sion:
ut aedificentur muri Ierusalem.
Deal favorably, O Lord, in Thy good pleasure unto Zion:
build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiae, oblationes, et holocausta:
tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.
Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
with small and large burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon your altar.

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