God graciously gave me this beautiful song. When looking at what is going on around us, we know we are still standing because “Christ is our joy and strength.” I don’t know how to explain how awful Cholera is, or how sad it is to watch people die, or how tragic it is when all they need is re-hydration.
We were pressed on every side
Full of fear and troubled thoughts
For good reason we carried heavy hearts
It is good to come together
In a friendship to remember
All the reasons hope is in our hearts
Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Halleluiah
Christ our joy and strength
Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Halleluiah
Christ our joy and strength
Now with patience in our suffering
Perseverance in our prayers
With good reason this hope is in our hearts
Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Halleluiah
Christ our joy and strength
Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Halleluiah
Christ our joy and strength
Oh we saw the face of angels
Many good things well secured
For good reason this joy is in our hearts
Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Halleluiah
Christ our joy and strength
Halleluiah, Halleluiah, Halleluiah
Christ our joy and strength
For good reason joy is in our hearts
Jessica Stone 
Hi all, I just sent this song to Brandon and Jessica, and if you’ve never heard it before … take time to listen:
http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis2/goes.html
This is one of those songs, that comes floating into your head when things are getting a little difficult. It is appropriate for Brandon and Jessica, and perhaps some of you also. Since it did not come up as a hyperlink, block and copy it, and paste it into your search engine, and it will come up with words and music.
Unfortunately, the current popular 7/11 songs being sung in most Churches today, will not be floating thru your heads when you are our age. (75). We grew up singing hymns which were written by devout Christian pioneers, who lived what they preached, and put that belief into words and song.
Our prayers go out to Brandon and Jessica and all the staff at NWHCM. What a task … may God wrap his loving arms around the entire bunch laboring in Haiti, and may Gods healing hand be stretched out to those masses of dying souls. We have it so good here in the States, that it’s hard to imagine the suffering those folks are going thru.
AMEN!
That is a GREAT site…………great old songs of faith!