Beloved Children of God (Rev. Emily Hylden)

"We realize that we are not the source of our power, that the power in us is not something we have to fuel with our own little bodies, that it's not energy we have to work up out of our own stores, but our true power comes from God. Our power is rooted in and nourished by the ultimate truth that we are each beloved children of God."

What does it mean for you to be a beloved child of God?

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Psalm 31:9-16 (The Sidney Psalter)

O Lord, of thee, let me , let me still mercy win;
For troubles, of all sides, have me within:
My eye, my gut, yea, my soul, grief doth waste.
My life with heaviness, my years with moan
Do pine; my strength with pain is wholly gone;
And ev'n my bones consume, where they be placed.

All my fierce foes reproach on me did cast;
Yea, neighbours, more, my mates, were so aghast,
That in the streets from sight of me they fled:
Now I, now I myself forgotten find,
Ev'n like a dead man, dreamed out of mind,
Or like a broken pot, in mire tread.

I understand what railing great men spread;
Fear was each where, while they their councils led
All to this point, how my poor life to take:
But I did trust in thee, Lord, I did say,
'Thou art my God, my time on thee doth stay:
Save me from foes, who seek my bane to bake.

Thy face to shine upon thy servant make,
And save me in, and for, thy mercy's sake.


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This episode was written and recorded by Rev. Emily Hylden, the vicar at St. Augustine's Oak Cliff in Dallas, TX. It was produced by Rev. Jim Keat. Background tracks include Button Mushrooms by Podington Bear and Come And Go by Timber Choir.

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