Ordinary Time // Week 10 // August 6-12
YOU FIRST LOVED US
It’s just a start
A fluttering of the heart
The tiniest bud on a tree
that becomes a leaf
The first sign of spring
The moment when everything
that was holding its breath can breathe again
With a sigh of relief
In the winter’s doubt
In our empty and desolate place
our souls cry out
to see Your face
You are in the spring’s first rain
Laughing wind and growing grain
Mighty waves and solid stone
You are hope, You are home
You are in each rising day
Every morning Your grace remains
We sing Your love because
You first loved us
The mountainside
Painted on canvas high above
Where oranges and reds collide
With the blue of the morn
We lift our eyes
And follow the sun, who rises
To curtsy and twirl and glide
Like she has every day since the world was born
In the coming dawn
In our hopes and our dreams and all our days
our souls cry on
and sing Your praise
You are in the spring’s first rain
Laughing wind and growing grain
Mighty waves and solid stone
You are hope, You are home
You are in each rising day
Every morning Your grace remains
We sing Your love because
You first loved us
Lyrics: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Music: Seth Thomas Crissman and Greg Yoder, 2023
Vocals: Mitchell Yoder, Jackson Maust, Kristina Yoder