The Power of Hymns
While I was away, I had two hymn-related experiences I wanted to share, in case they may help anyone else. I'll relate them in reverse, and the second (first) one in another comment to this post.
In Sacrament meeting this past Christmas, a family sang a hymn (not LDS) I had never heard (apparently it's from 2020) called "O Come, All You Unfaithful":
It hit me like a freight train - one packed full of the Spirit. It still does, every time I think about the lyrics (hence, I l
The second (or first) experience happened in early 2020. I'm not sure when it started, but it culminated in mid February. On any normal day, when my brain isn't forced to do other things, it's making up a story. But at this time, instead of my usual story-making, I kept hearing hymns in my head. It went on for days, and then more than a week. Hymn after hymn during my idle times. Some of them were even hymns I didn't particularly like, though the lyrics were always limited by my own memory o
