Walking with God

In poetic form of two popular Christian hymns — His Hand in Mine and In the Garden — this page illustrates the meaning of walking with God.

His Hand in Mine

You may ask me how I know my Lord is real;
You may doubt the things I say — and doubt the way I feel.
But I know he’s real today — He’ll always be.
I can feel his hand in mine — and that’s enough for me.

I will never walk alone — He holds my hand.
He will guide each step I take —
and if I fall — I know He’ll understand.

Till the day he tells me why — He loves me so.
I can feel His hand in mine — that’s all I need to know.

I will never walk alone  — He holds my hand.
He will guide each step I take —
and if I fall — I know He’ll understand.

Till the day He tells me why he loves me so;
I can feel His hand in mine; that’s all I need to know.
I can feel His hand in mine; that’s all I need to know.
I can feel His hand in mine; that’s all I need to know.

 

Words and music: Mosie Lister
Singer: Elvis Presley

For an audio recording by Elvis Presley, click here.

 

A related, equally beautiful hymn, In the Garden also deals with walking with God and is here. Below are the lyrics and the story behind the hymn.

In the Garden

I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.

And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known.

He speaks and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.

And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known.

I’d stay in the garden with Him
‘Tho the night around me be falling
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.

And He walks with me
And He talks with me
And He tells me I am His own
And the joy we share as we tarry there
None other has ever known.

Songwriter: C. Austin Miles

The Story Behind “In The Garden”

Here is the account of how this beautiful hymn was written from the hymn writer, C. Austin Miles, himself, “One day in April 1912, I was seated in the dark room where I kept my photographic equipment, and also my organ. I drew my Bible toward me and it opened at my favorite book and chapter, John chapter twenty. I don’t know if this was by chance or by the work of the Holy Spirit. I will let you the reader decide. That story of Jesus and Mary in John 20 had lost none of its power and charm.

It was though I was in a trance, as I read it that day, I seemed to be part of the scene. I became a silent witness to that dramatic moment in Mary’s life when she knelt before her Lord and cried, “Rabboni”. I rested my hands on the open Bible, as I stared at the light blue wall. As the light faded, I seemed to be standing at the entrance of a garden, looking down a gently winding path, shaded by olive branches. A woman in white, with head, bowed, hand clasping her throat, as if to choke back her sobs, walked slowly into the shadows. It was Mary. As she came unto the tomb, upon which she placed her hand, she bent over to look in and ran away.

John, in a flowing robe, appeared looking at the tomb. Then came Peter, who entered the tomb, followed slowly by John. As they departed, Mary reappeared leaning her head upon her arm at the tomb, she wept. Turning herself, she saw Jesus standing there, so did I. I knew it was He. She knelt before Him, with arms outstretched, and looking into His face cried, “Rabboni”.

I awakened in sunlight, gripping my Bible with my muscles tense, and nerves vibrating, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I wrote as quickly as the words could be formed the lyrics exactly as it is sung today. That same evening, I wrote the tune. It is sung today as it was written in 1912.”

(https://www.godtube.com/popular-hymns/in-the-garden/)

 

Photo: Daniela Corno