Inspired by lyrics of the song “There Are Moments” by Sue Riley, Richard Mekdeci, and Harold Payne
“The first breath of the morning whispers in my ear:
‘You’ve got it all inside you.’ I open my heart and it appears!
Even in an ordinary day in an ordinary life, there’s beauty all around me when I look up to see it. I don’t want to miss the rainbows!
“There are moments, there are moments, where magic happens unexpectedly.
There are moments, precious moments, where the wonder of the world is all I see.”
Responsive Reading for Sunday, October 13
God said to Noah after the flood: “As the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and recall the everlasting covenant that I have established between God and all living beings” (Genesis 9:16).
Even in an ordinary day in an ordinary life, there’s beauty all around me when I look up to see it. I don’t want to miss the rainbows!
“This word of the LORD came to Abram [who was later renamed Abraham, father of multitudes] in a vision: ‘Fear not, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.’ . . . He took him outside and said, ‘Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can’” (Genesis 15:1-5).
“There are moments, there are moments, where magic happens unexpectedly.
There are moments, precious moments, where the wonder of the world is all I see.”
Some people asked Jesus how to find God’s presence in life, or when they would see the kingdom of God. Jesus said, “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21, KJV).
The first breath of the morning whispers in my ear:
“You’ve got it all inside you.” I open my heart and it appears!
“The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes, so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit . . . . Whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God” (John 3:8-21).
“There are moments, there are moments, where magic happens unexpectedly. There are moments, precious moments, where the wonder of the world is all I see.”