My daughter Vanessa singing my favorite song. This song makes me feel the immense love of God and also makes me realize HE has always been with me in every age of my life. She sang it yesterday, August 21st of 2011, at 12:00 pm mass in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Indio, CA.
I met the writer of this song Janet Sullivan Whitaker, who was so kind to tell me how she got inspired to write this beautiful song.
Thank you Lord for your great and immense love for us, your creation, thank you my beautiful daughter for singing this song, thank you Christine for playing the piano and thank you Janet for writing it.
Lyrics:
Long before the mountains came to be
and the land and sea and stars of the night,
through the endless seasons of all time,
you have always been,
you will always be.
Refrain:
In every age, O God,
you have been our refuge.
In every age, O God,
you have been our hope.
Destiny is cast, and at your silent word
we return to dust and scatter to the wind.
A thousand years are like a single moment gone,
as the light that fades
at the end of day.
Teach us to make use of the time we have.
Teach us to be patient even as we wait.
Teach us to embrace our every joy and pain.
To sleep peacefully,
and to rise up strong.
12 окт 2024
