tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196447192136740054.post7929702333273915731..comments2023-05-18T08:22:41.849-07:00Comments on Katie's "SCRIVEN HALL": Katie's "SCRIVEN HALL"Katiebirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551950458501762481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196447192136740054.post-197784034165683302010-11-23T20:36:58.863-08:002010-11-23T20:36:58.863-08:00Jacqui, Thank you so much for sharing all these a...Jacqui, Thank you so much for sharing all these amazing coincidences with me. I think God is really trying to get your attention and has succeeded. So many people aren't open to being aware, that 'Heaven' is speaking to them. Everytime you notice this, stop and think - "God is thinking of me today". You definitely have a special connection with Joseph. You may find this continues thru your whole life. How lucky to know you have an Angel on your shoulder,<br />Best Wishes, KatieKatie Morrishttp://katiescrivenhall.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196447192136740054.post-32314441693916863902010-08-05T05:11:52.033-07:002010-08-05T05:11:52.033-07:00God Knows! I was feeling a bit low last Wednesday ...God Knows! I was feeling a bit low last Wednesday (28 July 2010). I drove into Chesterfield (Derbyshire, UK) and sat by the Funfair eating my lunch when all of a sudden I heard the Organ on the Carousel playing the tune of "What A Friend We Have in Jesus". I then went to the Oxfam shop where I started working that afternoon. I put a CD of South African Gospel music onto the CD player in the shop. What a lovely surprise to hear the first song on the CD (in a local dialect) was “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”. Praise God.<br /><br />On the Friday (30 July) as I was at home filling in an application form for a job, I heard Cliff Richard singing "What a Friend we have in Jesus" on UCB Inspirational Radio. I thought about how "connected" God has made me to this song. The Cliff Richard book "You, Me and Jesus" led me to God in 1985 and another Cliff Richard book led me to Pioneer church in 1994.<br /><br />"What a Friend we have in Jesus" was written by Joseph Scriven. My best friend at college was Sue Aldridge. I was a bridesmaid to her when she became Sue Scriven.<br /><br />Sue and Graham Scriven's two daughters were then my bridesmaids when I married in 1988. On our honeymoon in Harrogate we were surprised to find a nearby village called Scriven. And it was in Chesterfield (where I was comforted by hearing the song twice on Wednesday) that I was divorced. I also remember that I went to Rhodes for my 50th birthday on a Master Sun Christian holiday and we sang "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" on that holiday.<br /><br />Later on 30 July I looked up "Scriven" on "Rightmove" (a UK “property for sale” website) and found that the "Old Smithy" is for sale. How amusing, since Smith is my maiden name!!!!<br /><br />Today, Thursday, 5 August, I looked up Joseph Scriven - Writer of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and find that I married on the anniversary of his birth/christening (10 September 1819) and my sister was born on the anniversary of his death (10 August 1886). <br /><br />I also discovered I was born and my sister was christened on the anniversary of the death of the man who set Joseph Scriven's poem to music (Charles Crozat Converse who died on 18 October 1918). What an amazing number of God-incidences to link me and my sister and wedding party to Joseph Scriven and the words of his poem. I became a Christian when my husband left me in 1994 and I have experienced, and indeed experience on a daily basis, the friendship of Jesus.<br /><br />Every blessing to you.<br /><br />Jacqui Smithjacquishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02782673670369555587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196447192136740054.post-33967958197022979572010-05-29T18:39:59.400-07:002010-05-29T18:39:59.400-07:00Katie, as you know, Mr. Scriven wrote the poem her...Katie, as you know, Mr. Scriven wrote the poem here in Ontario Canada. <br />R. Fuller, Lambton Shores, On.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com