I spend plenty of time being expressing my struggles with worship services so I though I should share a beautiful moment that I experienced on Sunday. The worship team unearthed an old hymn whose lyrics were written in 1875 by Clara T Williams. Generally our worship teams are amazing musicians, and gifted singers, but something about the arrangement and the words blending with the voices of the team was really beautiful to me. The song has been in my head all week... (thanks in part to a scratch recording my Matt!)
All my life long, I had thirsted
For a drink from some cool spring,
That I hoped would quench the burning
Of the thirst I felt within.
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Feeding on the filth around me,
Till my strength was almost gone,
Longed my soul for something better,
Only still to hunger on.
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Poor I was, and sought for riches,
Something that would satisfy,
But the dust I gathered round me
Only mocked my soul's sad cry.
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Well of water, ever springing,
Bread of life so rich and free,
Untold wealth that never faileth,
My Redeemer is to me.
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Hallelujah! He has found me
The One my soul so long has craved!
Jesus satisfies all my longings
Through His blood I now am saved.
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