Sweetest Day

Maybe your calendar has these words printed on today’s date and you really have no idea what it means. Is it a day for your sweetheart or just another reason to increase candy sales? Well it’s actually both! While not as popular as St. Valentine’s Day, Sweetest Day is still celebrated across America. Hallmark produced 151 Sweetest Day greeting card designs in 2006 and American Greetings produced 178 designs.

It’s interesting how a group of people can claim a day and promote it to the masses. When we see in the media other such ‘invented’ days of importance, when there is something on a daily basis that we must not forget to observe, honor, and devote ourselves to, that sweet hour of prayer. Our nation has a National Day of Prayer, but let's not only hold to one day a year! With this upcoming election, we MUST be praying DAILY for our nation and the direction in which it is going.

You may have heard that song before and wondered where an hour of prayer came from.

1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father’s throne
Make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
My soul has often found relief,
And oft escaped the tempter’s snare,
By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

2. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
The joys I feel, the bliss I share,
Of those whose anxious spirits burn
With strong desires for thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
Where God my Savior shows His face,
And gladly take my station there,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

3. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
Thy wings shall my petition bear
To Him whose truth and faithfulness
Engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since He bids me seek His face,
Believe His Word and trust His grace,
I’ll cast on Him my every care,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

4. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
May I thy consolation share,
Till, from Mount Pisgah’s lofty height,
I view my home and take my flight.
This robe of flesh I’ll drop, and rise
To seize the everlasting prize,
And shout, while passing through the air,
“Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer!”

You can purchase a Prayer Coloring Book for the little ones in your family, which is just SO cute! I have never before seen a coloring book dedicated to teaching children to pray. Prayer is a pivotal part of a Christian's life. We must speak to God every single day. Imagine a day if your parents refused to speak to you ALL day, for several days in a row. Yet many times, in the busyness of life, we do that to our God.

This Sweetest Day let's think of our Saviour. He's the sweetest one I know.

Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know

Words & Music: Lela B. Long, 20th Century

There have been names that I have loved to hear,
But never has there been a name so dear
To this heart of mine, as the Name divine,
The precious, precious Name of Jesus.

Jesus is the sweetest name I know,
And He’s just the same as His lovely Name,
And that’s the reason why I love Him so;
Oh, Jesus is the sweetest name I know.

There is no name in earth or Heav’n above,
That we should give such honor and such love
As the blessèd Name, let us all acclaim,
That wondrous, glorious Name of Jesus.

Jesus is the sweetest name I know,
And He’s just the same as His lovely Name,
And that’s the reason why I love Him so;
Oh, Jesus is the sweetest name I know.

And some day I shall see Him face to face
To thank and praise Him for His wondrous grace,
Which He gave to me, when He made me free,
The blessèd Son of God called Jesus.

Jesus is the sweetest name I know,
And He’s just the same as His lovely Name,
And that’s the reason why I love Him so;
Oh, Jesus is the sweetest name I know.