Lyrics from “Holy Now” by Peter Mayer: “When I was in Sunday school, we would learn about the time Moses split the sea in two and Jesus made the water wine . . . .”
“I remember feeling sad, miracles don’t happen still, and now I can’t keep track, ‘cause ev’rything’s a miracle . . . .”
“When holy water was rare at best, it barely wet my fingertips. Now, I have to hold my breath, like I’m swimmin’ in a sea of it. . . .”
“This mornin’ outside I stood. I saw a little red wing bird, shining like a burning bush and 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 March 12
“Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground” (Ex. 3:5).
Ev’rything is holy now.
“Now, if you obey me completely and keep my covenant, you will be my treasured possession among all peoples, though all the earth is mine. You will be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation” (Ex. 19:5.6).
Ev’rything is holy now.
“For thus says the high and lofty One, the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy:
I dwell in a high and holy place, but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit,
To revive the spirit of the lowly, to revive the heart of the crushed” (Is. 57:15).
Ev’rything is holy now.
“In your love you led the people you redeemed; in your strength you guided them to your holy dwelling” (Ex. 15:13).
Ev’rything is holy now.