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Thread #65450 Message #1078366
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
23-Dec-03 - 08:10 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Let This Be My Prayer (Adrienne Jones)
Subject: RE: Let this be my prayer
That's a beautiful song! There are times when songs ARE prayers. I had a tragic accident many years ago, on New Year's Day, where a man was killed. Sitting in a State Trooper's car in a state of complete shock, the only thing that kept me going was to keep repeating the chorus to a song that I'd just written. I realized that it was as much a prayer as a song:
"And in the darkness, give me the eyes of faith In my sorrow, send down your healing grace And on my journey, may my path be straight May my heart find rest in Thee."
The song was inspired by a quote from St. Thomas Aquinas: "The heart is restless until it rests in Thee."