WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Something Wonderful: Graves Into Gardens
byVanderleunonJuly 3, 2022
Even towards the end, as we dissolved into the petty bickering and idle entertainments that come with having far too much leisure and money, many among us were still striving to make it higher, finer, brighter, better, and more beautiful.
Even towards the end, the best of us declined to give up and pressed on. “Where to? What next?”
At Family Worship Center this is one of those songs that if you close your eyes and pour your heart into the lyrical content something amazing happens.
You become absent from your surroundings. You can’t tell the moment you leave except when the worship ends and your eyes open and you have to return. It takes a moment to reorient where I’m at.
It’s like you’re singing in the audience of the One who created this world.
Nothing else matters except the fact you’re in the presence of the Creator of the universe and His eyes met yours.
That’s why I return to church every week, hungry for that time when I meet God. Sadly it happens infrequently to that extent.
But if it never happened ever again in my life I feel so thankful that the curtain was pulled back for me to see and know that the time will come when I never have to leave.
Then you know it’s all true, this present world is not all there is. Because you just got lost in Worship and found the One who knows me, loves me enough to take my punishment for a life of sin.
VanderleunJuly 4, 2022, 9:52 AM
I know whereof you speak, brother.
Bill in TennesseeJuly 4, 2022, 12:46 PM
So do I…it’s such a sublime out-of-time experience that there are few people who I can explain it to. I know in those moments that this life is just a training place for souls and that something wonderful awaits us all.
BroKenJuly 5, 2022, 6:01 AM
Similar message. Less repetitive.
Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heav’n, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling,
all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art.
Visit us with thy salvation;
enter ev’ry trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into ev’ry troubled breast.
Let us all in thee inherit,
let us find the promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be.
End of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.
Come, Almighty, to deliver,
let us all thy life receive.
Suddenly return, and never,
nevermore they temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.
Finish, then, thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee.
Changed from glory into glory,
till in heav’n we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love and praise.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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High energy video.
At Family Worship Center this is one of those songs that if you close your eyes and pour your heart into the lyrical content something amazing happens.
You become absent from your surroundings. You can’t tell the moment you leave except when the worship ends and your eyes open and you have to return. It takes a moment to reorient where I’m at.
It’s like you’re singing in the audience of the One who created this world.
Nothing else matters except the fact you’re in the presence of the Creator of the universe and His eyes met yours.
That’s why I return to church every week, hungry for that time when I meet God. Sadly it happens infrequently to that extent.
But if it never happened ever again in my life I feel so thankful that the curtain was pulled back for me to see and know that the time will come when I never have to leave.
Then you know it’s all true, this present world is not all there is. Because you just got lost in Worship and found the One who knows me, loves me enough to take my punishment for a life of sin.
I know whereof you speak, brother.
So do I…it’s such a sublime out-of-time experience that there are few people who I can explain it to. I know in those moments that this life is just a training place for souls and that something wonderful awaits us all.
Similar message. Less repetitive.
Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heav’n, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling,
all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art.
Visit us with thy salvation;
enter ev’ry trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into ev’ry troubled breast.
Let us all in thee inherit,
let us find the promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be.
End of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.
Come, Almighty, to deliver,
let us all thy life receive.
Suddenly return, and never,
nevermore they temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.
Finish, then, thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee.
Changed from glory into glory,
till in heav’n we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love and praise.