“Peace Begins with Me in 2023” – Leddy Hammock

“Peace Begins with Me in 2023” – Leddy Hammock

Inspired by lyrics to “Who You Really Are” Richard Mekdeci, Sage & Sue Riley
 
“I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes.  
Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are!
 
Oh, I know who you’re here to be – I see it in your eyes:
A light for the world to see – I know who you’re here to be….
 
Oh, I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes.
Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are.
 
I now release the limits of the past and let my light shine in this bright New Year.  
Peace begins with me in 2023!


Responsive Reading for January 1

“When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place—What is man that you are mindful of him, and a son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him little less than a god, crowned him with glory and honor.  You have given him rule over the works of your hands, put all things at his feet” (Ps. 4-7).
 
“I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes.  
Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are!”
 
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone.
You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing” (Is. 9:1-2).
 
“Oh, I know who you’re here to be – I see it in your eyes:
A light for the world to see – I know who you’re here to be.”
 
The LORD took Abraham “outside and said:  Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.  Just so, he added, will your descendants be” (Gen. 15:5).
 
“Oh, I know who you really are – I see it in your eyes.
Oh, you are a shining star – I know who you really are.”
 
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden” (Mt. 5:14).
 
“I now release the limits of the past and let my light shine in this bright New Year.  
Peace begins with me in 2023!”