As We Gather:
There is a quality of tenderness
about God that hymnwriters help us comprehend. In
"My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker,"
author Johann Gramann writes: "For as a tender father has pity on
his children here, God in His
arms will gather all who are His in childlike fear" (LSB 820:3).
Although the words were written almost five hundred years ago, we
can sense what the author wanted to convey-that God's
love is kind and complete and
comforting. We are children of the heavenly Father who hopefully
wait for His restoration
of the world, which will be completed by our loving Savior Jesus
Christ.
