“When there’s Nothing You Can Do” – Leddy Hammock

Date
August 22, 2023
Speaker
Leddy Hammock
Topic
Amazing Things, Answered Prayer, Be Compassionate, Be Courageous, Believe, Compassion, Divine Guidance, Divine Love, Embrace Life, Faith, God Is Omnipresent, I Am a Child of God, Keep Going, Love, One Power, One Presence, Receptive, Think Positive, Trust

Highlights – lyrics to “Do What I Can Do” by Sue Riley, Richard Mekdeci, and Gary Lynn Floyd:

“Look around, what do I see? Good or bad, it’s up to me. My world reflects what I believe.

Here’s what I believe. I know there’s good in everyone. I know the best is yet to come.

Look out world, ‘cause I’m not done, I’ve only just begun…. I’ll choose compassion over fear, release my love into the atmosphere. Like a single wave in an endless sea, any change begins with me.

And, when I feel I’m all alone, I’ll remember, one drop of water smooths a stone.

Gonna, love like crazy, shine like gold, be courageous, break the mold. Can’t do it all, but this much is true. I can do what I can do.”

Responsive Reading for August 27

“So the LORD said to Cain, ‘If you act rightly, you will be accepted; but if not, [error] lies in wait at the door . . . yet you can rule over it’” (Gen. 4:6).

“Look around, what do I see? Good or bad, it’s up to me.
My world reflects what I believe.” I believe in God, the Good–everywhere and all the time.

“Then the word of the LORD came to [Abraham] . . . . He took him outside and said: Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can” (Gen. 15:4).

“I know there’s good in everyone. I know the best is yet to come.
Look out world, ‘cause I’m not done, I’ve only just begun.
I’ll choose compassion over fear, release my love into the atmosphere.
Like a single wave in an endless sea, any change begins with me.”

When the Children of Israel were ready to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land, Joshua said to them: “This is now you will know that there is a living God in your midst” (Joshua 3:10). “No sooner had these priestly bearers of the ark waded into the waters at the edge of the Jordan . . . than the waters flowing from upstream halted, backing up in a solid mass . . . . Thus the people crossed over” (Joshua 3:15-16).

“And, when I feel I’m all alone, I’ll remember, one drop of water smooths a stone.”

“ You would call, and I would answer you . . . . Mountains fall and crumble, rocks move from their place, and water wears away stone …. Then the Almighty himself shall be your gold and your sparkling silver. For then you shall delight in the Almighty, you shall lift up your face toward God . . . . He will hear you, and your vows you shall fulfill. What you decide shall succeed for you, and upon your ways light shall shine” (Job: 14:15-18; 22:26-8).

“To, love like crazy, shine like gold, be courageous, break the mold.
Can’t do it all, but this much is true: I can do what I can do.”