LOVING SPIRIT (Words by Shirley Erena Murray)
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Verses 1 & 4 sung by David Moddle and accompanied by Ron Klusmeier.
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Lyrics
Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,
you have chosen me to be,
you have drawn me to your wonder,
you have set your sign on me.
Like a mother you enfold me,
hold my life within your own,
feed me with your very body,
form me of your flesh and bone.
Like a father you protect me,
teach me the discerning eye,
hoist me up upon your shoulder
let me see the world from high.
Friend and lover, in your closeness
I am known and held and blessed:
in your promise is my comfort,
in your presence I may rest.
Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,
you have chosen me to be,
you have drawn me to your wonder,
you have set your sign on me.
Words Copyright © 1987 by The Hymn Society of the United States and Canada; administered by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188
Author / Composer Comments
Author Shirley Erena Murray, from her book Touch the Earth Lightly (Hope Publishing Co., 2008, page 154): “One of my first hymns to be published and widely sung… this was a simple approach to relational imagery for God.”
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