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Happy February friends. (I apologize for the late post—Brover family life has been particularly full lately!) What a sweet thing it was to chat with so many of you through yesterday’s post. If you haven’t yet put your 2¢ in about the favorite hymn/writer from last year, please join the conversation! My family and I took a cue from a dear mama in the community and sang through at least 1 verse from all 12 of our 2022 hymns. It was such a neat way to remind ourselves of the things God taught us last year, and how faithful he’s been. 🎶Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee There is so much goodness and warmth and treasure in this month’s hymn, I barely know where to begin (and I’m a bit sleep deprived and bleary eyed after being up with a feverish toddler the last few nights so gathering my thoughts is especially challenging this morning). Honesty time… There are some hymns that I find myself resistant to. And there are some that I just won’t sing at all ever (all you fans of “In the Garden,” sorry, not sorry. 😬🫣). But for some reason, Now Thank we All our God happened to be in that resistant category. Looking back, I’m not sure why—I think it was “heart and hands and voices” seemed a little wishy-washy-silly to me. I have received some beautiful messages this month from some of you. Here is one I just have to share… Happy October friends! Raise your hand if this month’s hymn is a new one for you! 🙋🏻‍♀️ “When we catch but a glimpse of God’s infinite intrinsic value — and wonder in worship, Who else is like this? — we bow and angels bow and cry holy. I grew up in a church that sang Holy, Holy, Holy as a congregation at the outset of every month. It was a welcome tradition, to let the wonder wash over us afresh, remembering that cherubim and seraphim tremble and shout before this holy, holy, holy God, and thus we should worship him with less an air of familiarity and more fear and trembling. What a wonderful song to sing as many of us embark on a new school year—remembering how great, how other, how majestic Yahweh is and that we have the amazing opportunity to grow in our love and intimacy with this holy God this year.