May 1, 2010

• Ray Koot

  Our personal friend, who loved Christ and in Him his church and the song of the church, rising up to God's throne, with who I shared the concern for a good instrument for the accompaniment of the congregational song, passed on to glory yesterday morning. We spend many hours together, especially in the last year. He now enjoys the glory of his Saviour and Lord - yet leaving an empty place here below.

  

  Only yesterday I heard that one of his favorite songs was this one:

  I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
  he moved my soul to seek him, seeking me;
  it was not I that found, O Savior true;
  no, I was found, was found of thee.
  It was not I that found, O Savior true;
  No, I was found, was found, of thee.
  

  Thou didst reach forth thy hand and mine enfold;
  I walked and sank not on the storm-vexed sea;
  'Twas not so much that I on thee took hold,
  as thou, dear Lord, took hold on me.
  'Twas not so much that I on thee took hold,
  as thou, dear Lord, took hold on me.
  

  I find, I walk, I love; but, oh, the whole
  of love is but my answer, Lord, to thee!
  For thou wert long beforehand with my soul;
  always, always thou lovedst me.
  For thou wert long beforehand with my soul;
  always, always thou lovedst me.

  "I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears" Psalm 34: 4. The song goes on, based on other Scripture passages: God loved us long before we knew it. We seek God, but already God is holding out a hand waiting for us to take hold of it and be rescued from the seas of life. That's what he did for Ray yesterday, He rescued him and now he has peace forever.

  May God give his wife and children and all who miss him grace and strength.

   

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