Near the Cross

March 17, 2021 (Wednesday)

I’ve often wondered, “How many hymns and songs about the Cross exist?” I know they are often listed among our favorite hymns. We first saw the light “At The Cross.” We take our stand “Beneath the Cross.” We cherish “The Old Rugged Cross” because it was there that Christ suffered and died for us.

Yesterday’s blog was about Galatians 6:14, which says our glory is the cross. It quoted the last verse of a truly great hymn: “I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place: I ask no other sunshine than the sunshine of his face;content to let the world go by,to know no gain nor loss; my sinful self my only shame, my glory all the cross.” May our hearts remain always “Near the Cross.”