Inspired by lyrics to “This Place” by Richard Mekdeci:This place stirs my love for life, brings me home to paradise.
This place holds me in its arms, breathes on me the breath of God.
Oh, when I think about this place. It always heals me somehow.
This place –best of times, best of friends, the best of everything.
Every face in this place, I will be remembering.
Every face in this place, I will be remembering.
Responsive Reading for August 4
“And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not . . . . this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven” (Gen. 28: 16-17).
This place stirs my love for life, brings me home to paradise.
“God said, ‘. . . Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground'” (Ex. 3:5).
This place holds me in its arms, breathes on me the breath of God.
“Jesus said to him in reply, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church . . . . I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven'” (Mt. 16:17-19).
Oh, when I think about this place. It always heals me somehow.
“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Mt. 18:20).
This place –best of times, best of friends, the best of everything.
Every face in this place, I will be remembering.