Saturday, July 22, 2006

Kingdom Comes


Sara Groves, 2005

When anger fills your heart ~ When in your pain and hurt ~ You find the strength to stop ~ You bless instead of curse ~ When doubting floods your soul ~ When all things feel unjust ~ You open up your heart ~ You find a way to trust ~ That's a little stone that's a little mortar ~ That's a little seed that's a little water ~ In the hearts of the sons and daughters ~ This kindgom's coming ~ When fear engulfs your mind ~ Says you protect your own ~ You still extend your hand ~ You open up your home ~ When sorrow fills your life ~ When in your grief and pain ~ You choose again to rise ~ You choose to bless the name ~ That's a little stone that's a little mortar ~ That's a little seed that's a little water ~ In the hearts of the sons and daughters ~ This kindgdom's coming ~ In the mundane tasks of living ~ In the pouring out and giving ~ In the waking up and trying ~ In the laying down and dying ~ That's a little stone that's a little mortar ~ That's a little seed that's a little water ~ In the hearts of the sons and daughters ~ This kindgdom's coming