Smith on "Come Thou Fount"

Matthew Smith, of Indelible Grace, has posted some thoughts on his recent recording of the hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing." He briefly talks about getting it to sound suitable for his most recent album. But I also enjoyed his thoughts on one of the verses.

Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above.

"That lyric says so much—it’s honest about who I am and how often I want to run away from God, yet it doesn’t suffer from the delusion (as so many Christian songs do) that it is up to me to fix the problem. It cries out to God to seal my heart, knowing that only he has the power to save me from myself."

Read the whole post here: All I Owe: "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing"

Matthew Smith came in concert to our College Gathering this past summer. In addition to his blog, he also has a MySpace page (with free streaming audio of his newest album).