In Christ Alone

It's time to listen to another song on Tea with Liya. I'm glad you came here to hear this hymn called "In Christ Alone." I've noticed while other hymns are soft and gentle, this one actually sounds powerful - true to its name, of course! One of the most popular hymns of all time, this is a song that you've probably heard before. If you haven't, now's your chance!

Listen to the song here

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According to statistics, the more time you spend on the Internet (and therefore, the more likely you are to be seeing this), the less likely you are to remember 1999.

Come on, minute hand! Just move to the 12! Image by LouAnn Clark from Pixabay

Here are the lyrics for this song.

It was a year when most of us expected big change. After all, you've got 3 whole 9s rolling over to 0s. Isn't that an important event? It's the new millennium! Let's celebrate!

Hmm...

We'll be able to throw up all our Y2K signs - call it a century of growth and progress....

The new millennium doesn't start in 2000! If only you could have figured that out yourself....

But if 0 AD was the beginning of the 1st millennium, then 2000 must also be the beginning of a millennium.

There was no 0 AD. In fact, how could you decide whether it would be AD or BC? It's like asking whether 0 is positive or negative. So, 1 full year would have passed at the end of year 1, and 2 full years would have passed at the end of year 2, and so on until 2000 full years have passed at the end of year 2000.

If you're 49, it's actually your 50th year of living, but you don't celebrate the new decade at that time. You celebrate when the year finishes, not when it starts.

So then, we really should have celebrated on December 31st, not January 1st.

Wait a minute - why? Just WHY? Why do you consider the 2000th year any more important than the 1999th? 

Um, it's got 0s, and it's a round number, and....

If you use your head, you'll realize that those round numbers actually have no significance outside of your base 10 number system. (That phrase actually tells you nothing.) It's just something for your brain to hold onto.

Someday I'll prove to you that my brain isn't as little as you think it is. 

I needed some brain power to play my song, didn't I?

Are you still there?

Okay, Blue doesn't want me to prove that my brain isn't so little, but I know that you'll still listen to my song. Maybe you'll be able to use your brain for something even better - it's a valuable gift that you can do a lot of things with. The more learning you do - whether it's a course you're taking, or a little something about numbers - the better it'll work. 

And as always, keep filling your teacup with music!

~Liya