February 11, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, February 11. Here’s another installment in our week-long series about love, leading to Valentine’s Day.
When I’m looking for wisdom, I try to start with the Word. But I have to admit, sometimes I go to Wikipedia. I can safely say though, that when looking for wisdom, I never turn... to teenagers. I raised two teenagers. I was a teenager. Teenagers NEED good advice, they’re not known for giving it. But, as the saying goes, for every rule there is an exception. Billy Featherston was just 16 years old - a teenager - when he wrote these words.
My Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus ‘tis now
Wise words from young Billy Featherston. He penned them in 1864, when he was growing up in Montreal, Canada. It is thought that he wrote them in response to his salvation experience, that same year. Featherston only lived to be 27, leaving behind a wife and a baby daughter. This is his only published work, and it wasn’t published until a year after his death. A melody was added to the words, and this hymn has been included in just about every hymnal ever since.
In the last 25 years, the testimony of this young boy, has touched the hearts of many young Christian songwriters and recording artists, and they have introduced it to a whole new generation of worshippers. Over a century and a half after they were written, the words of Billy Featherston continue to inspire us. Words of wisdom. Words of love.
In mansions of glory and endless delight
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus ‘tis now!
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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