Morning Music Moment
Weekday morning prayers to practice beginning each day with gratitude. Brief (2-3 minutes) and normally inspired by a song verse.
Some say that God rather more sung (than spoke) the universe into existence.. We (still) hear echoes of that tune, which we have never heard (ref C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory).
I once heard that no good thing is lost in heaven, which maybe offers some hope that we will receive back the music and songs that were loved, and hear them again in heaven. Though like us, corrected and perfected.
Morning Music Moment
2024-10-29 Suspicious Minds
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Suspicious Minds
"The King"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOBOhRECoo
Good morning , family , in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit , amen . We can't go on together with suspicious minds . Suspicious minds , jesus , at the start of this day . Thank you again for your love and mercy and patience with us . By all measures , by all worldly measures , it seems like you probably love us too much , so far beyond probably too far beyond what we deserve . And all of my calculations about deserving reveal the truth about ways that I have a suspicious mind toward you . And all of my calculations betray the truth that I am still sitting on the throne doing cost-benefit calculations about what you want and what you ask and what you command and how it compares to what I think is good for me .
Speaker 1Jesus , please remind me anew of the countless people , even just humans , who have loved me more than I deserve and been patient with me more than I deserve , and free us from the chains of calculation and the chains of causation that the world , the flesh and the devil have taught us At the start of this day . Help us to step down from our thrones and lift you up on them . Help me to cast off the selfish ways that I am really still looking out for myself , looking out for number one , to bless myself and worship my own comfort and to avoid difficult situations or conversations or changes that I need to make . And thank you for the people who I do love so much and for the people who are difficult to love , and the chance to practice being a little bit more like you , speak truth into each of our lives and clear our minds from the fog of lies about you and ourselves and each other . In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit , amen , I love you so much .