In my searching this week for children’s choir music (for the new chorus I’ll be directing this fall), once again I came across this beautiful poem that has been set to music. I’ve played it and sung it with a chorus before, and I remember loving it then.
But, in this moment, with a lump in my throat, while feeling a tiny bit inadequate to do some of things He has asked of me, I’m reminded to give Him praise. He is the Lord who comforts and heals, who bestows courage and voice, and He sees me with eyes of mercy and love. Though I offer little, He gives much.
The Lord of the Small
Praise to the Lord of the Small Broken Things,
Who Sees the Poor Sparrow That cannot take wing.
Who loves the lame child and the wretch in the street
who comforts their sorrows and washes their feet.Praise to the lord of the faint and afraid
who girds them with courage and lends them his aid,
he pours out his spirit on vessels so weak,
that the timid can serve and the silent can speak.Praise to the lord of the frail and the ill
who heals their afflictions or carries them till,
they leave this tired frame and to paradise fly.
to never be sick and never to die.Praise him, O Praise Him All ye who live
who’ve been given so much and can so little give
our frail lisping praise God will never Despise.
He Sees His Dear Children Through Mercy Filled Eyes!
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