Lyrics from “Morning Sun” by Ariel Thiermann:
“LITTLE ONE, IN MY ARMS, I WILL KEEP YOU SAFE FROM HARM.
SWEET DREAMER, HOW YOU GLOW, AS I ROCK YOU, SOFT AND SLOW.
YOU SHINE SO BRIGHT, LIKE THE MORNING SUN. YOU SHARE YOUR LIGHT WITH EVERYONE.
I’M GONNA LOVE YOU THROUGH IT ALL, WATCH YOU FLY AND WATCH YOU FALL, HELP YOU LEARN, HELP YOU GROW, ROCK YOU SOFT AND ROCK YOU SLOW. I’M GONNA LOVE YOU.”
Responsive Reading for Sunday, May 12
About this responsive reading: In the Unity Tradition, we feel comfortable describing God as “Father-Mother” as we read in Genesis that humankind is created in God’s image: “male and female” (Genesis 1:27). In honor of Mothers’ Day, imagine the responses in this reading as reminding you of God’s “lullaby” to you and to all Her children.
“As nurslings, you shall be carried in her arms, . . . as a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you . . . Your heart shall rejoice” (Isaiah 66:12-14).
“LITTLE ONE, IN MY ARMS, I WILL KEEP YOU SAFE FROM HARM.
SWEET DREAMER, HOW YOU GLOW, AS I ROCK YOU, SOFT AND SLOW.
YOU SHINE SO BRIGHT, LIKE THE MORNING SUN.
YOU SHARE YOUR LIGHT WITH EVERYONE.”
“I have stilled my soul, hushed it like a . . . child… Like a . . . child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me” (Psalm 131:2).
“LITTLE ONE, IN MY ARMS, I WILL KEEP YOU SAFE FROM HARM.
SWEET DREAMER, HOW YOU GLOW, AS I ROCK YOU, SOFT AND SLOW.
YOU SHINE SO BRIGHT, LIKE THE MORNING SUN.
YOU SHARE YOUR LIGHT WITH EVERYONE.”
“Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10, KJV).
“I’M GONNA LOVE YOU THROUGH IT ALL, WATCH YOU FLY AND WATCH YOU FALL,
HELP YOU LEARN, HELP YOU GROW, ROCK YOU SOFT AND ROCK YOU SLOW.”
“You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty. . . God will rescue you . . . shelter you . . . You shall not fear . . . “ (Psalm 91: 1-5).
“LITTLE ONE, IN MY ARMS, I WILL KEEP YOU SAFE FROM HARM.
SWEET DREAMER, HOW YOU GLOW, AS I ROCK YOU, SOFT AND SLOW.
YOU SHINE SO BRIGHT, LIKE THE MORNING SUN.
YOU SHARE YOUR LIGHT WITH EVERYONE. I’M GONNA LOVE YOU.”