I've been reading of the Lemba people for years, but I was interested to see this article recently. I can't make our what it would look like in 3D as it looks sort of like a lumpy bowl in the picture. Guess I would look lumpy too if I was made of 2500 year old wood...
We meet to part and part to meet The parting’s mostly bittersweet When one is absent from our space It leaves a hole one can’t replace When loved ones are called away To new horizons and can’t stay In the familiar anymore to remain We still miss them dearly clear and plain But there can be no regrets And we will nevermore forget The blessed tie that binds us still While they seek their calling to fulfill. Whether absent from the body Or absent from this place The tie that binds us transcends time and space. The ties that bond us are the stuff of grace. I want to go there, where we shall never part A place where new beginnings find their start Where memories and sweet endings dwell Together they say “All is well!” I want to go there to those places in the heart… We meet to part and part to meet The parting’s mostly bittersweet We miss what never mattered much When one is absent from our touch But there can be no regrets And we will nevermore forget The blessed tie that ...
Speak forth Your voice And the mountains will crumble In its echo we rejoice We hear its righteous rumble The thunder of Your Word Makes men tremble where it’s heard And we are humbled Hearts are humbled hearts are stirred. Lord speak your servants hear you Life is in every word that You say Speak and your word will transform us Speak Lord and we will obey Speak forth your Word And the righteous will tremble Its echo is heard In the heart of Your temple Your glory is declared And exalted is Your Name And we will worship Hearts are stirred We will never be the same. Lord speak your servants hear you Life is in every word that You say Speak and your word will transform us Speak Lord and we will obey Anthony Foster July 15, 2012
Lord crush me by the memories of my sin And train my heart to see sin that remains Search me and reveal to me Open my eyes that I might see And wash away all those filthy stains Lord give to me the gift of true repentance Quicken my heart to hear and heed your Word Make holiness the main value That while I live I will pursue The righteousness you’ve already conferred Then my sinful soul is changed forever And the seeds of holiness will come to flower For I will be transformed And to Jesus be conformed Supernaturally changed by your power Anthony Foster October 17, 2021
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