Then Sings My Soul Saturday - "Victory In Jesus"

My grandfather had a great love for the Lord. He was a Baptist minister for many, many years and loved sharing with others the joy he had found in the Lord. He and my grandmother shared a special love for each other and thru that love created a wonderful family legacy. His children, his grandchildren, and his great-grandchildren were so very special to him and each one of us knew it -- with no doubts. He was special and, as a member of his family, we all know how blessed we have been to have him as father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.

Several years ago grandpa passed away. His funeral was about a 6-7 hour drive from where my family and I live and my husband was unable to attend. My 2 year old son and I set out on our own. After about 5 hours listening to the Wiggles, Barney, Veggie Tales, etc, and no other adult to talk to, I had a real need for some other sort of music. I began singing hymns and 'Victory in Jesus' was one of the first ones that I sang (as it turned out, it was also a hymn we sang at his funeral). As I came to the last phrase of the last verse, "and some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of victory", the tears began to flow. Some of those tears were because I knew I was going to miss grandpa so very much, but I also know that many were tears of joy for him. You see, after all these years on earth sharing his love for the Lord, he is now in heaven singing that song of victory.




Victory in Jesus
I heard an old, old story,
How a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning,
Of His precious blood's atoning,
Then I repented of my sins
And won the victory.

Chorus
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about His healing,
Of His cleansing pow'r revealing.
How He made the lame to walk again
And caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, "Dear Jesus,
Come and heal my broken spirit,"
And somehow Jesus came and bro't
To me the victory.


Chorus
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.

I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory.
And I heard about the streets of gold
Beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing,
And the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I'll sing up there
The song of victory.


Chorus
O victory in Jesus,
My Savior, forever.
He sought me and bought me
With His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him
And all my love is due Him,
He plunged me to victory,
Beneath the cleansing flood.

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