A Prayer in Lyrics

Well - I'm off for a little more than a week at Mo Ranch.  I'll be toting around a sound system, making other people sound good, and hanging out in the river.

While I'm gone, the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) will get underway.

Here is my prayer for that assembly, in the words of the lyrics written by one of my recently-favorite bands:

Serve God love me and men
This is not the end
Lived unbruised we are friends
Love that will not betray you, dismay or enslave you,
It will set you free
Be more like the man you were made to be.
There is a design,
An alignment to cry,
Of my heart to see,
The beauty of love as it was made to be...

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

May we be the kinds of people who are accused of loving too many and too much
rather than the too little or too few
May we recognize and acknowledge love in all of those places it springs up
May we call out the gifts in all of those people around us
acknowledging that they have things to offer us, at the same time that we have things to offer them
May we always believe and behave as if love wins
...because it does

We are not alone. We live in God's world. We are called to be the church.

Thanks be to God.

Comments

[Bsearight]

I haven't pulled up this page in a few months, and now I see that Jared has posted again! Fantastic!

Wonderful post, Jared. Who is the band? I'm guessing Mumford and Sons. Do I win the prize?