What a Friend

The Good News Today Is....What A Friend We Have in Jesus. Well - we already knew that didn't we? I was looking through the hymnal for some stuff on prayer (for the sermon without the computer....we find sources in the oddest places), and ran across this hymn. I just happen to have a book on the history of various hymns and this hymn was in it. Interestingly enough it was not meant to be a hymn or to be shared with anyone. The origin was a heartfelt poem an estranged son wrote for his ill mother. The son had move away from home following his love for God, which his family didn't understand....go figure...anyway when years later he heard his mother was ill and on her deathbed, he wrote this beautiful poem for her to comfort her in her illness. A friend of his found this poem and after the death of the son, put it to music and it has been a reminder for generations that we have a friend in Jesus, whom we can talk to in prayer. Take it to the Lord in prayer!