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Our musical devotional this week is Here In America.

Saints and children we have gathered here to hear the sacred story
And I'm glad to bring it to you with my best rhyming and rhythm
Cause I know the thirsty listen and down to the waters come
And the Holy King of Israel loves me here in America

And if you listen to my songs I hope you hear the water falling
I hope you feel the oceans crashing on the coast of north New England
I wish I could be there just to see them, two summers past I was
And the Holy King of Israel loves me here in America

And if I were a painter I do not know which I'd paint
The calling of the ancient stars or assembling of the saints
And there's so much beauty around us for just two eyes to see
But everywhere I go I'm looking

And once I went to Appalachia for my father he was born there
And I saw the mountains waking with the innocence of children
And my soul is still there with them wrapped in the songs they brought
And the Holy King of Israel loves me here in America

And I've seen by the highways on a million exit ramps
Those two-legged memorials to the laws of happenstance
Waiting for four-wheeled messiahs to take them home again
But I am home anywhere if You are where I am

And if you listen to my songs I hope you hear the water falling
I hope you feel the oceans crashing on the coast of north New England
I wish I could be there just to see them, two summers past I was
And the Holy King of Israel loves me here in America

  • Can you think of a time when the beauty of creation inspired you to worship? Where was it? What was so special about it?
  • This song describes cars as “four-wheeled messiahs to take them home again”. We can put our hope for security in all kinds of things - not just cars. What are some things you sometimes you feel you need in order to be safe and secure?
  • This song offers the hope that we can be home anywhere where God is . . . and he is everywhere! What are some things that sometimes hinder us from being aware of God’s presence in the present?
  • We’re blessed to live in a place full of natural beauty. Take time outside this week . . . even if it is only five minutes . . . to breathe in creation and see the presence of God within it.