See Him
See him in the manger
Swaddled in a cloth
Angel’s words grown in flesh
Brought him to the Earth.
See him in the temple
Making Earth his home
Wisdom’s child seated
Learning as he grows.
See him at the wedding
Heaven’s gifts at hand
John cleans with water
He will heal with wine.
See him on a donkey
Riding as a King
To the man of wisdom
Palms and stones will sing.
See him on the hillside
Swaddled in a cloth
Angel’s words piercing flesh
Take him from the Earth.
Oh my heart, oh my soul
Tell how can this be?
Oh my heart, oh my Christ
Come again to me.
See him in the garden
Tending to the same
Though he’s hid from our eyes
Yet he calls my name.
Rachel Chaplin
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Our Father
Our father in heaven
Our father unseen
Our father, creator,
Holy is your name.
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
Forgive our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us,
And lead us not into temptations
But deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom
And yours is the power
And yours is the glory
Now and forever more.
Words trad.
adapted by Rachel Chaplin
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Cleanse Me (Psalm 51)
Have mercy on O God
According to your unfailing love.
According to your great compassion
Blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions
And my sin is always before me.
Cleanse me with hyssop
And I shall be clean.
Wash me
And I shall be whiter than snow.
Create in me a pure heart O God
And renew a right spirit within me.
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In Bethany
In Bethany she came to him
No more time for words to say I love you.
Soul to soul, deep to deep,
How to reach his heart to say I love you.
In Bethany she held her love
Tight inside her alabaster jar.
Time is now, death is nigh,
She breaks her precious jar to say I love you.
Is it a waste, or is it a beautiful thing?
Is it for fools, or is it the wisdom of kings?
In Bethany she cradled him,
Poured her love for everyone to breathe.
Shame to shame, eye to eye,
See the cost for her to say I love you.
Is it a waste, or is it a beautiful thing?
Is it for fools, or is it the wisdom of kings?
Will you draw back or can you breathe it in?
Give me your love before I die
Give me your tears before I cry
Give me your jar of life
Before the shadows cover me.
Rachel Chaplin
(based on the account in Matthew 26:6-13)
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He Leads Me (Psalm 23)
He leads me beside quiet waters.
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Like a Tree (Psalm 1)
Blessed is the one who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
Or stand in the way of sinners,
Or sit in the seat of mockers.
But her delight is in the law of the Lord
And on his law she meditates day and night.
She is like a tree
Planted by streams of water
Which bears its fruit in season
And whose leaf does not wither.
Not so the wicked, they are like chaff
That the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment
Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous,
For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous
But the way of the wicked will perish.
Words trad.
adapted by Rachel Chaplin
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In the Valley (Psalm 23)
When I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil
For you are with me.
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