This song always seemed weird to me as a teenager because of the reference to "water and blood"--which, of course, Christ shed for us--but it always seemed really gory to me. This hymn also reminds me of a song by John Denver back in the late 1970's. Some of the words were: "You done stomped on my heart and smashed that sucker flat. You just sorta stomped on my aorta." Then it went into this hymn. Weird transition, but it was funny at the time!
Now, as an adult, I like this hymn's message. I've always thought that I'd like the third verse sung at my funeral: "While I draw this fleeting breath, when mine eyes shall close in death. When I rise to worlds unknown and behold thee on thy throne. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee."
"SING * PLAY * LOVE"...My thoughts and memories as I play one hymn each day from the hymnbook of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" during 2012.
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