When the Redeemed by Johnson Oatman Jr.

Verse One:
I am thinking of the rapture in our blessed home on high....
When the redeemed are gathering in.....
How we'll raise the Heavenly anthem in that city in the sky.....
When the redeemed are gathering in.....

The Chorus:
When the redeemed are gathering in.....
Washed like snow...and free from all sin....
How we'll shout....and how we'll sing....
When the redeemed...are gathering in.....

Verse Two:
There will be a great procession over on the streets of gold....
When the redeemed are gathering in.....
O what music...O what singing o'er the city will be rolled......
When the redeemed are gathering in.....

Verse Three:
Saints will sing redemption's story with their voices clear and strong....
When the redeemed are gathering in.....
Then the angels all will listen....for they cannot join that song...
When the redeemed are gathering in.....

Verse Four:
Then the Savior will give orders to prepare the banquet board...
When the redeemed are gathering in.....
And we'll hear His invitation, "Come ye blessed of the Lord"....
When the redeemed are gathering in.....

The Chorus:
When the redeemed are gathering in.....
Washed like snow...and free from all sin....
How we'll shout....and how we'll sing....
When the redeemed...are gathering in.....

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O how we'll shout and how we'll sing....
When the redeemed are gathering in.......

It's an old hymn, but I really love it. Especially the third verse:
Saints will sing redemption's story with their voices clear and strong....
When the redeemed are gathering in.....
Then the angels all will listen....for they cannot join that song...
When the redeemed are gathering in.....

So many times we hear stories about angels and, as humans, we admire and stand in awe of those things we hear...but imagine....there is something we have that angels can only stand back in awe of and listen to...a story of redemption.

This song has been in the back of my mind for a couple weeks now and the testimony it presents is one that I am just in amazement over: a story of redemption.

What's your story? What's mine? We all have one. For some of us the redemption was obtained years ago and sometimes we get so comfortable with that we forget the awesomeness of it. For others, that redemption is still fresh and new. For still others, that redemption has yet to happen. No matter where you stand and what your story the power is still there. Power to refresh, power to sustain, and power to redeem. Which is your need? God is able.