Focus on a Popular Worship Song
Billboard’s Hot Christian Song Chart currently features the inspirational song “Holy Forever.” This worship song, written by Chris Tomlin, invites us to lift our eyes and immerse ourselves in the awe-inspiring splendor of the King of Kings as we ponder the magnificence of God’s glory. The song’s inspiration comes from Revelation 5:13 which declares “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb, be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever.”
Easter Hymn
The title of this familiar old hymn is “In the Garden.” In the words of its author, C. Austin Mills, “Easter is not limited to a happening almost 2000 years ago, but it is a daily companionship with the Savior that makes up the Christian’s daily walk.
Here is the story behind the writing of the hymn in Miles’s own words.
“One day in March 1912, I was seated in the darkroom where I kept my photographic equipment. I then experienced a vision where I saw and heard Mary Magdalene crying outside the tomb. I became a silent witness to that dramatic moment in Mary’s life, when we knelt before her Lord and cried ‘Rabboni.'” Under the inspiration, I wrote as quickly as the words could form the poem that I later set to music. The hymn is a great reminder that the Lord will care for us as we journey through this life.