by natalie horne

Body, mind and soul. They are undeniably interconnected and their conditions are dependent on one another. A healthy body is not a requirement for faith and intimacy with God, but I’ve found in my experience that when I care for the basic needs of my body, my spiritual life flourishes. What we eat, whether or not we exercise, and what we do in our free time can all help or hinder our relationship with the Lord. I can say with confidence from a God-given place of wholeness in Christ, there is a very real tie between my physical wellness and the state of my soul.

 

Day 7Post the favorite cover of your favorite song.

Come Thou Fount by Sufjan Stevens

Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, 
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; 
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
Call for songs of loudest praise. 
Teach me some melodious sonnet, 
Sung by flaming tongues above. 
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, 
Mount of Thy redeeming love. 

Here I raise my Ebenezer; 
Here by Thy great help I’ve come; 
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, 
Safely to arrive at home. 
Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
Wandering from the fold of God; 
He, to rescue me from danger, 
Interposed His precious blood. 

O to grace how great a debtor 
Daily I’m constrained to be! 
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, 
Bind my wandering heart to Thee. 
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, 
Prone to leave the God I love; 
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, 
Seal it for Thy courts above. 

O that day when freed from sinning, 
I shall see Thy lovely face; 
Clothed then in blood washed linen 
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace; 
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry, 
Take my ransomed soul away; 
Send thine angels now to carry 
Me to realms of endless day. 

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