My Father's World

Hymn: "My Father's World"

Last Thursday I completed my birth story and at the ending I inserted a welcome note to my little baby Thaddea. I typed:

"Welcome to the Father's world!"

And guess what?! This hymn, "My Father's World" was led by the worship leader, bro. Paul, at the Saturday Prayer Meeting. Pastor himself also led us to sing this hymn again at the closing of the Sunday Service. It was sung twice shortly after I welcomed Thaddea to the Father's world. Cool~

Baby Thaddea's hand on the song book.

Thaddea joins in the worship too, except that she "slams" her hand on the song book more than singing the song, lol! And here's the lyrics:

This is my Father's world;
And to my listening ears,
All nature sings, and round me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world;
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas,
His hand the wonders wrought.

This is my Father's world;
The birds their carols raise,
The morning light, the lily white,
Declare their Maker's praise.
This is my Father's world;
He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass;
He speaks to me everywhere.

This is my Father's world;
O, let me ne'er forget
That though the wrongs seems oft so strong,
God is the Ruler yet.
This is my Father's world;
Why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King; let the heavens ring.
God reigns: let the earth be glad!

Yes, I like this hymn a lot. It reminds me that the world belongs to God, my Heavenly Father. And I'm glad to bring forth children(together with my beloved/charming/God-fearing husband, Philip) to this world - my Father's world :)

Welcome to the Father's world,
Tiffany, Theophila and Thaddea!

"This is my Father's world." Such simple words, the simpler things like "rocks and trees . . . skies and seas", all are masterfully created by God. God's creation is so, so beautiful! Philip and I, we love to visit places like New Zealand and Australia. We travelled on my own driving through the National Parks, stopping by the coasts, taking time to bask in God's creation.

We went whale watching twice in Australia, one at Warrnamboo Logans Beach(Great Ocean Road) which is known as “Victoria’s Southern Right Whale Nursery”. From the Whale Viewing Platform we spotted a mom and her calf!

about 100 metres from the shore and 150 metres from the lookout!

The second time we went to Moreton Bay(Brisbane) for a whalewatching cruise out on the Redcliffe Peninsula, I still remember the Captain is the only woman captain. We saw a few southern humpback whales, all so magnificent!

Captain Kerry!

We went snorkeling in the most incredible underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Musgrace Island.

Lady Musgrave Island in the background

In New Zealand, we drove all the way up to the northern tip of the North Island, the lighthouse at Cape Reinga and saw where the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean collide.

The top bit of NZ!

We climbed up and slide down the amazing sand dunes! I still remember God led us to drive by Te Paki Giant Sand Dunes and we were the only living souls there! We had a blast playing and taking numerous photos at the giant sand dunes! That's how crazy we are, going places to see God's wonderful work! Ahh... memories!

Te Paki Sand Dunes, in Northland, New Zealand.

I must add that all these pictures are copied from other sites. Even though we took pictures too but they are not digital. They all look the same though, except that we are not in the pictures, haha! Thanks guys for the contribution! :)

We just love to admire the wonder of God's creation! And this is also one thing I want my girls to do: To know that God created the world, to love and admire the beauty and wonder of it all and hence, to adore and worship God alone, the Creator of heavens and earth!

The second thing I want my girls to know is about God's Sovereignty. "This is my Father's world." speaks of God's ownership. I want my girls to never forget, that even though the wrongs may seems often so strong, God is the Ruler yet. God reigns: let the earth be glad! Our heart should not be sad because the Lord is King! King of kings and Lord of lords!!

I remember when I was young, I told myself that I will never want to bear children, because I don't want to bring them into this world and suffer. The second they enter the world, as time ticks away, they are nearer to their death bed... Yes, I was that negative, haha. But no more now, I have hope in God. Maybe my next post would be "My Life Story"... how from a hopeless girl to a hopeful Child of God ;)

"This is my Father's world, I rest me in the thought." Take that rest my girls, knowing that no matter what happens in this world, your Creator God is in control. He is sovereign.

I found a music video from YouTube on this hymn, in fact, quite a few of them, but I like this particular one. Besides video and pictures of scenery, it has pictures of the 911 tragedy and such, it also has pictures of lovely children and cute babies... it sure goes well with what I have just shared here :) Go ahead, listen to this beautiful hymn!



"The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it." Psalm 24:1