Reformation 500- God on OUR side

 This is at St. Peter Lutheran Church 

in Schaumburg, Illinois.

The artist/ teacher Joanna Eden 

directed the work 

of her students to create this.

She drew the outline 

and the students painted it in.

On this Reformation Day-

may we still live as if-

 it's STILL ALL ABOUT JESUS.

This is Most Certainly True.

I heard this song today- 

"If God Had Not Been on Our Side"

by Martin Luther

 and the words

 have stuck with me all day.

Wonderful words to ponder 

on this 500th Anniversary of the Reformation.

Make sure you click the link

 to hear the song on You Tube.

"If God Had Not Been on Our Side"
by Martin Luther, 1483-1546

1. If God had not been on our side
And had not come to aid us,
The foes with all their power and pride
Would surely have dismayed us;
For we, His flock, would have to fear
The threat of men both far and near
Who rise in might against us.

2. Their furious wrath, did God permit,
Would surely have consumed us
And as a deep and yawning pit
With life and limb entombed us.
Like men o'er whom dark waters roll
Their wrath would have engulfed our soul
And, like a flood, o'erwhelmed us.

3. Blest be the Lord, who foiled their threat
That they could not devour us;
Our souls, like birds, escaped their net,
They could not overpower us.
The snare is boken-we are free!
Our help is ever, Lord, in Thee,
Who madest earth and heaven.

Hymn 267
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Ps. 124
Author: Martin Luther, 1524
Translated by: composite
Titled: "War' Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit"
Tune: "War' Gott nicht mit uns"
1st Published in: Gesangbuch
Town: Wittenberg, 1537

Listen HERE:

If GOD HAD NOT BEEN ON OUR SIDE