Let Us See What Love Can Do

A crowded sky
So many clouds
So many storms

One has a fiery furnace
Another gale force wind and drenching rain
And yet another thunder and lightening

A crowded town square
So many signs and slogans
So many voices screaming

One has hate
One has resistance
and yet another is ready with war

There's a traffic jam in my heart
There's congestion on the world wide web
Judgments flying faster than the speed of Light
Sirens warn of impending doom
A person could really get lost in it

Questions arise
How? Why? what now?
Where do we go from here?
What does it all mean?

As I breathe into my prayer here
I close my eyes so I can see with my heart
And that's when I hear the whisper of wisdom
And hear the song once again...

"Let us see what LOVE can do."

Jules, 9/6/2017

SONGS OF LOVE

February 16, 2015, Monday

Valentine's Day was Saturday and yesterday the choir at church sang several beautiful songs of love.  (I am grateful for our director, David Livingston's gift of being able to pick just the right songs for each Sunday) Yesterday's songs are still rattling around in my head and heart and keep asking to be shared. So here are the words to three of them. AS you read through, I hope these words seep into your heart as well. Love is the source of all our life. It is a sacred thing because it is from God. Happy loving dear friend! ~ Jules

LOVE SONGS FROM SINGING IN CHOIR

When Our Heart is in a Holy Place

[words & music by Joyce Poley]

CHORUS:

When our heart is in a holy place

When our heart is in a holy place

We are blessed with love and amazing grace

When our heart is in a holy place

When we trust the wisdom in each of us

Every color, every creed and kind

And we see our faces in each other’s eyes

Then our heart is in a holy place.

When we tell our story from deep inside

And we listen with a loving mind

And we hear our voices in each other’s words

Then our heart is in a holy place.

When we share the silence of sacred space

And the God of our Heart stirs within

And we feel the power of each other’s faith

Then our heart is in a holy place.

Love is the Touch

[words by Alison Robertson, Iona Community,
Tune: SLANE, arranged by Lori True]

Love is the touch of intangible joy

Love is the force that no fear can destroy

Love is the goodness we gladly applaud

God is where love is for love is of God

Love is the lilt in a lingering voice

Love is the hope that can make us rejoice

Love is the cure for the frightened and flawed

God is where love is for love is of God

Love is the light in a tunnel of pain

Love is the will to be whole once again

Love is the trust of friend on the road

God is where love is for love is of God

Love is the Maker and Spirit and Son

Love is the kingdom their will has begun.

Love the pathway the saints all have trod

God is where love is for love is of God