I don’t need to see the world; I just like to enjoy the moments each day brings.”
–Ken Pratt (The Wolves of Windsor Ridge)
“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Tell all the nations that the LORD is king.”
“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Tell all the nations that the LORD is king.”
–1 Chronicles 16:31 (NLT)
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It had been my intention to write about Samson for this morning‘s devotion, but yesterday while driving on the winding road on my way to Coldspring a song came to my mind. It has been at least fifty years since I’ve heard this song. Why, oh why did it come to mind? Perhaps the words are for someone that is reading this. So we’ll leave Samson wandering the streets of Gaza, why he is there I don’t know, and look at the words of this song.
I looked in both the hymnbooks that I have from my youth, “Hymns of Glorious Praise” and the “Melodies of Praise,” and cannot find the song in either of those so it must have been in an earlier book. It was written by Adger M. Pace in 1940. I always thought the title was “Glad Day,” but have found that the original title was “Glad Reunion Day.”
There will be a happy meeting in Heaven, I know
When we see the many loved ones we’ve known here below,
Gathered on that blessed hilltop with hearts all aglow
That will be a glad reunion day.
When we live a million years in that wonderful place,
Basking in the love of Jesus, beholding His face,
It will seem but just a moment of praising His grace
That will be a glad reunion day.
That first day, immediately after the trumpet sounds, in the twinkling of an eye, things will have changed forever. I almost wrote when time will be no more, but that is still in the future. That time will come. However, we cannot speak in eternal terms, for we do not have the vocabulary. There will be no time, no day for there will be no night. Time will have ceased and only the eternal ages will continue before us. That won’t happen until the Great White Throne Judgment after the Millennium reign of Christ.
In my mind, the song was called “Glad Day” and for sure that day in heaven with all of the saints and loved ones who have gone on before will certainly be a glad day. But now, living in this world below–living in time, the time the Lord has given us–we should be able to sing “glad day.” This is the day the Lord has given each of us and we should be living it the best we can for Him. It should be a glad day no matter rain or shine, glee or sorrow, storm or fair weather for we live each unto the Lord.
A glad day, a wonderful day,
A glad day, a glorious day,
There with all the holy angels and loved ones to stay
That will be a glad reunion day.
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It had been my intention to write about Samson for this morning‘s devotion, but yesterday while driving on the winding road on my way to Coldspring a song came to my mind. It has been at least fifty years since I’ve heard this song. Why, oh why did it come to mind? Perhaps the words are for someone that is reading this. So we’ll leave Samson wandering the streets of Gaza, why he is there I don’t know, and look at the words of this song.
I looked in both the hymnbooks that I have from my youth, “Hymns of Glorious Praise” and the “Melodies of Praise,” and cannot find the song in either of those so it must have been in an earlier book. It was written by Adger M. Pace in 1940. I always thought the title was “Glad Day,” but have found that the original title was “Glad Reunion Day.”
There will be a happy meeting in Heaven, I know
When we see the many loved ones we’ve known here below,
Gathered on that blessed hilltop with hearts all aglow
That will be a glad reunion day.
When we live a million years in that wonderful place,
Basking in the love of Jesus, beholding His face,
It will seem but just a moment of praising His grace
That will be a glad reunion day.
That first day, immediately after the trumpet sounds, in the twinkling of an eye, things will have changed forever. I almost wrote when time will be no more, but that is still in the future. That time will come. However, we cannot speak in eternal terms, for we do not have the vocabulary. There will be no time, no day for there will be no night. Time will have ceased and only the eternal ages will continue before us. That won’t happen until the Great White Throne Judgment after the Millennium reign of Christ.
In my mind, the song was called “Glad Day” and for sure that day in heaven with all of the saints and loved ones who have gone on before will certainly be a glad day. But now, living in this world below–living in time, the time the Lord has given us–we should be able to sing “glad day.” This is the day the Lord has given each of us and we should be living it the best we can for Him. It should be a glad day no matter rain or shine, glee or sorrow, storm or fair weather for we live each unto the Lord.
A glad day, a wonderful day,
A glad day, a glorious day,
There with all the holy angels and loved ones to stay
That will be a glad reunion day.