Counting our blessings

O     N     E    !  

Zachary

T     W    O    !  

Zachary and Abigail

T     H    R    E     E    !  

Zachary, Abigail
and Benjamin

F       O       U      R       !  

Zachary, Abigail,
Benjamin and Sarah

F        I      V     E      !  

Zachary, Abigail,
Benjamin, Sarah
and Solomon

S            I          X         !

Zachary, Abigail,
Benjamin, Sarah,
Solomon and Hannah

S       E     V     E     N     !

  Zachary, Abigail,
Benjamin, Sarah,
Solomon, Hannah
and Joanna

E     I      G      H     T     !

Zachary, Abigail, 

Benjamin, Sarah,
Solomon, Hannah,
Joanna and Rebekah

N        I       N       E       !

Zachary, Abigail,
Benjamin, Sarah,
Solomon, Hannah,
Joanna, Rebekah
and Susanna

T          E          N          !

Zachary, Abigail,
Benjamin, Sarah,
Solomon, Hannah,
Joanna, Rebekah,
Susanna and Noah

E     L    E    V    E    N   !  

 Zachary, Abigail, 

Benjamin, Sarah, 

Solomon, Hannah, 

Joanna, Rebekah, 

Susanna, Noah 

and Samuel

T    W    E    L   V    E    !

Zachary, Abigail, 
Benjamin, Sarah, 
Solomon, Hannah, 
Joanna, Rebekah, 

Susanna, Noah, 
Samuel and Gideon

T   H   I   R  T  E  E  N  !

Zachary, Abigail,
Benjamin, Sarah,
Solomon, Hannah,
Joanna, Rebekah,
Susanna, Noah,
Samuel, Gideon
and Joshua

F  O  U  R  T  E  E  N  !  

Zachary, Abigail, 

Benjamin, Sarah, 

Solomon, Hannah, 

Joanna, Rebekah, 

Susanna, Noah, 

Samuel, Gideon 

Joshua 

and Daniel Amos Klein

A hymn for parents, too!

This hymn always seemed to be about farming or Thanksgiving. It's actually a soul winner's hymn. But it also has a good message for christian parents, whose job is to train their children in the way they should go, to persevere.  

So much of parenting, which is a privilege and blessing,  is teaching and doing the same thing over and over and over, in the midst of learning on the job, being tired or impatient, struggling with our own growth in the Lord (or lack).  We need to keep our purpose before us and remember what it's all about.  It all works together for good to those who love God.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Psalm 126:5

And let us not be weary in well doing: 

for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 

 Galatians 6:9

Bringing in the Sheaves

Knowles Shaw

Sowing in the morning, 

sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide 

and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, 

and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, 

bringing in the sheaves.

Refrain:
Bringing in the sheaves, 

bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, 

bringing in the sheaves;
Bringing in the sheaves, 

bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, 

bringing in the sheaves.

Sowing in the sunshine, 

sowing in the shadows,
Fearing neither clouds 

nor winter’s chilling breeze;
By and by the harvest, 

and the labor ended,
We shall come rejoicing, 

bringing in the sheaves.

Going forth with weeping, 

sowing for the Master,
Though the loss sustained 

our spirit often grieves;
When our weeping’s over, 

He will bid us welcome,
We shall come rejoicing, 

bringing in the sheaves.