Yet, I had to want it enough to value purity like a treasure of great worth that I had to find. The process didn’t defile me because I was covered by His blood and clothed in His righteousness (not my own!). Though my outward actions changed fairly quickly the motives of my heart, the manipulations of my soul and the developing of a clear conscience was a process. I asked for clean hands and a pure heart. So…I began to pray that He would make me pure as He is pure. So when I discovered the meaning of both of these names they Lord said to me, “I created you to carry purity and that threatens the enemy more than any other call on your life.” I knew that the enemy had fought long and hard to defile what God had put within me. The interesting thing is that both of these names have the same meaning, “Pure One.”Īs a new believer I would look back upon my first 18 years and I realized they were anything but “pure!” I would do anything for love and often did. For the first three days of my life I was called Karen but on the third day my parents had a visitor who said that I looked like a “Kathleen” and they fell in love with it and changed my name (calling me Kathi for short). In those days moms and babies stayed in the hospital for three days after a birth. When I was born my parents named me Karen.

It is something that when I first came to know the Lord as a young 18 year old, felt was out of reach! I didn’t fully understand how the blood of Jesus makes us whiter than snow but also how there is “a process to purity” that we must desire and partner with. Purity brings peace and a clear conscience. Whatever view I may have of that matter, whether I am young or old it is still good to think about the spiritual ramifications and applications of the time when 'I Washed My Hands This Morning.There is something deep within most people that long to be clean. One would be hard pressed to say that it would be sinful, but in many instances some might conclude that it would not be expedient. Whether they are appropriate for a public worship service or not will have to be decided by each individual and congregation. Songs such as this used to be commonly sung during children’s Bible classes and vacation Bible schools, and maybe still are in some places. 'Little feet, be careful Where you take me to Therefore, our eyes need to watch our hands (and feet) so that we do not get into mischief or evil: Prov. This is important in both work and play because the eye is the light of the body: Matt. To keep them out of mischief, For Jesus’ sake all day.'ī. 'My eyes are set to watch them About their work or play, And we should listen for any acts of kindness that our hands can do, even giving a cup of cold water: Matt. Therefore, we should use our ears to listen to His will: Matt. God wants us to use our ears in His service too: Matt. 'I told my ears to listen Quite closely all day throughįor any act of kindness Such little hands can do.'Ī. Then we must lend our hands to work for Jesus and do with our might what our hands find to do: Eccl.

Just as we wash our hands clean and white, so God wants us to keep our souls spotless before Him: 2 Pet. Washing the hands symbolizes the idea of being holy: 1 Pet. 'I washed my hands this morning, O very clean and white,Īnd lent them both to Jesus To work for Him till night.'Ī. The song reminds us of the need to make sure that all our members are instruments of righteousness. Sanderson and the 1965 Great Christian Hymnal No.

1) and the 1937 Great Songs of the Church No. Among hymnbooks published by members of the Lord’s church during the twentieth century for use in churches of Christ, the song appeared in the 1921 Great Songs of the Church (No. Rosecrans also provided tunes for such hymns as 'O ‘Twas Wonderful Love,' 'One Step at a Time,' and 'There Is a Habitation.' The children’s song 'I Washed My Hands This Morning' was published in 1886 by the Fillmore Brothers Music House of Cincinnati, OH. Under the penname of 'Grace Glenn,' this author is perhaps best known for the hymn 'Savior, Grant Me Rest and Peace.' The tune for 'I Washed My Hands This Morning' was composed by James Holmes Rosecrans (1844-1926). INTRO.: A song which encourages everyone, including children, to have clean hands and a pure heart that they might stand in God’s holy place is 'I Washed My Hands This Morning.' The text was written by Mrs. '…Who shall stand in His holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart…' (Ps.

Clean hands and a pure heart song