
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning my song shall rise to thee: Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three Persons, blessed Trinity. – Reginald Heber (1783 – 1826) Folks all over Christendom may cringe as I reveal a fundamental truth about myself: “Holy, Holy, Holy” IS my go-to hymn when I need to quickly find and express my relationship to God my Creator, God my Sustainer, and God my Life-giver. I can play it convincingly on the organ; I know the words by memory. The cadence of the tune rises in such a way that it lifts my heart, my mind and my spirit upward to God when I am in some pretty deep pits. It always has, it always will. So, if it doesn’t make your “favorites” list, I apologize now, but we’re singing it Sunday, because in addition to being the first…