But what I really need is to rehearse what he’s already done for me, what he’s already done in Christ that has satisfied my desires, met my needs, and answered my longings. In the rush to emotional outburst, I miss affectionate remembering. Here, I’ll tell you what it’s like: the difference between a lot of modern, emotional worship songs and the classic, gospel-rich hymns is the difference between the romantic ruminations scrawled in a preteen girl’s diary and the decades-long marriage etched upon the hearts of a tired-but-God-dependent husband and wife. We take our old marriages for granted
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