Today, January 1, 2023, is the 250th anniversary of the first time “Amazing Grace” was ever sung. My husband grew up in the Scottish culture in the south of the South Island of NZ so I give a nod to him with this version using the Scottish bagpipes.
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come
This grace that brought me safe thus far
And grace will lead me home
When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright, shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
It's the start of a new year and it is my prayer that you all may live under the grace that our Lord Jesus brought us by His life of obedience and sacrifice on this earth.