Along with the Good Friday responsive reading in the previous post, I want to add (in the spirit of mentor George Herbert), a new reading I’ve written for Easter.
WHISPERS OF NEW CREATION
Dan Wilt
We hear a voice, now sweet, now strong,
Now fading into days to come
Compelling us to listen.
It lingers in the fragrant flow’r
It solos in the songs of wind
Restraining us from movement.
It writhes and twists within our souls
And groans for freedom’s everlife
To dance with new creation.
It whispers from an age ahead
It stirs our hopes and haunts our dreams
Inviting us to listen.
It speaks of death and hate and harm
Confronted by a love more firm
A life more everlasting
It speaks of veils now torn in two
No separations yet to come
No walls to keep us distant
It speaks of life beyond our times
It sings that we will live beyond
And wake to see perfection
It speaks of peace between us all
It speaks of eden’s garden walk
In everlasting union
We hear a voice, now sweet, now strong,
Now fading into days to come
Compelling us to listen.
(c) 2008 The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies
St. Stephen’s University
www.theworshipartisan.com
2 Comments
This is great Dan, I like the sort of full circle it has to it. Favorite line”It sings that we will live beyond and wake to see perfection” Yessss!!! nothing quite like feeling that you are on the wining team and he picked you personaly. Love and peace to all of yours on this Easter sunday.
Thanks, Dave, and to you all.
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