“Holy Now” – Leddy Hammock

“Holy Now” – Leddy Hammock

Highlights
 
“When I was a [child] … we would go to church and pay attention … and everyone would kneel and bow. Today the only difference is, everything is holy now.”
 
“When I was in Sunday school, we would learn about the time
Moses split the sea in two, Jesus made the water wine.  
And I remember feeling sad that miracles don’t happen still.
But now I can’t keep track, ‘cause everything’s a miracle.”
 
“It used to be a world half there, heaven’s second rate hand-me-down.
Now I walk it with a reverent air, ‘cause everything is holy now.”
 
This morning, outside I stood and saw a little red-winged bird,
Shining like a burning bush, singing like a scripture verse.
It made me want to bow my head.  I remember when church let out.

How things have changed since then.  Everything is holy now.


Responsive Reading for February 18

“Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground” (Ex.  3:5).
 
“When I was a [child] … we would go to church and pay attention to the priest and everyone would kneel and bow. Today the only difference is, everything is holy now.”
 
“Keep my sabbaths, for that is to be the sign between you and me throughout the generations, to show that it is I, the Lord, who make you holy” (Ex. 31:30). 
 
“When I was in Sunday school, we would learn about the time
Moses split the sea in two, Jesus made the water wine.  
And I remember feeling sad that miracles don’t happen still.
But now I can’t keep track, ‘cause everything’s a miracle.”
 
“Thus you will remember to do all my commandments and you will be holy to your God” (Num. 15:40).
 
“It used to be a world half there, heaven’s second rate hand-me-down.
Now I walk it with a reverent air, ‘cause everything is holy now.”
 
“Our soul waits for the LORD, he is our help and shield.  For in him our hearts rejoice; in his holy name we trust.  May your mercy, LORD, be upon us; as we put our hope in you” (Ps. 33:20-22). 
 
This morning, outside I stood and saw a little red-winged bird,
Shining like a burning bush, singing like a scripture verse.
It made me want to bow my head.  I remember when church let out.
How things have changed since then.  Everything is holy now.