{"id":7583,"date":"2021-09-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2021-08-31T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:17:20","slug":"now-thank-we-all-our-god-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/now-thank-we-all-our-god-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Thank We All Our God!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Now Thank We All Our God! 9\/03\/21\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=ar6p4-10cb24e-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We are certainly living through difficult times today with COVID-19, severe hurricanes, rampaging fires and devastating earthquakes. A look back in history can provide guidance for us today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Rinkart (1586-1649) was a German Lutheran pastor.&nbsp;<strong><em>In 1636, amid the darkness of a terrible plague and the horror of the Thirty Years&#8217; War, Rinkart buried over five thousand of his parishioners in one year. That is an average of 15 burials a day!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His parish was ravaged by the plague, by war and by economic&nbsp;disaster. In the heart of that darkness, with the cries of death and despair right outside his window, Martin Rinkart sat down and wrote and sang this table grace for his children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cNow thank we all our God<br>With heart and hands and voices;<br>Who wondrous things had done,<br>In whom His world rejoices.<br>Who, from our mother&#8217;s arms,<br>Hath led us on our way<br>With countless gifts of love<br>And still is ours today.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Do these words sound familiar?&nbsp;&nbsp;You have sung them many times at church. They were written by a man enduring one of the worst plagues in history, a man who was burying 15 of his parishioners a day! Yet he sat down and wrote hopeful words and beautiful lyrics to his children that we are still singing 370 years later!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What words of thanksgiving are YOU saying to God and teaching YOUR children and grandchildren today?&nbsp;&nbsp;YOU know the words and melody of Rinkart\u2019s hymn. Sing them today in the midst of COVID-19 and all of the natural disasters around us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>THE BEST WAY TO LOVE GOD IS TO FIND GOD!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s FREE! <\/strong> <strong>My interview with Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame Player, Andre Dawson on Thursday, September 16<sup>th<\/sup> at 7:00 PM CST. Just go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodforthepoor.org\/buildingdreams\">www.foodforthepoor.org\/buildingdreams<\/a>. and make a FREE EVENT RSVP registration. Now as a funeral director, Andre Dawson recently buried 13 people in one week. Please Register today and hear him talk about it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are certainly living through difficult times today with COVID-19, severe hurricanes, rampaging fires and devastating earthquakes. A look back in history can provide guidance for us today. 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