This song refreshes my spirit at the end of every year and gives me new hope for the year ahead. We need Our God every second, minute, hour, day, week, month year, decades, generation and century.
Remembering my Father Chief Joseph Oduola Ogunniran, my brother John Olaleka Ogunniran and my uncle Dr Christopher Olaseinde Adeoye, the three people that shaped my life, may their souls rest in peace, they all loved this song.
i appreciate my late father Chief C.O Ihensekhien (SAN) who personally taught me this special hymn, it has helped me over the years and its been a solid foundation for my immediate family....may you continue to rest in the bosom of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God is all we have. God is all we need. I recently lost my mom to cancer. We were best friends for four decades and spoke for hours every day. We have both walked with the Lord our entire lives and have minds and hearts full of the Word. The last month of her life, I spent 18 hours a day at her bedside, but barely said a word to her. She had many, many Christian visitors, but very few people said anything. She died surrounded by Godly people who loved her, but in human terms, she died alone. In the end, God is all we have. We must use every day - every moment of our loneliness to cultivate feeling and desiring and loving His presence because God is all we have. God is all we need. To Him be glory.
When I heard about the tragedy that happened in Connecticut, O Lord Our Help in Ages Past was the only song that I kept singing. I thank the writer of this song, it gives strength and console me in times of grieving.