Today, I invite you to listen to some music by David Wilcox that Pastor Garrett Struessel shared with me. Click here http://www.davidwilcox.com/, scroll down the right side and click on the "play" arrow next to Three Brothers. Close your eyes and listen or come back to this page as you listen and follow the lyrics:
All three brothers love their father,
And he’s brought them here today,
To see these papers and these lawyers,
And divide the old estate.
All three feel that they’re the favorite.
He loves each of them the best.
And these documents he gave them
Will now put them to the test.
So they opened all the writings
That will prove the rightful heir
To this home that they remember
And the right to settle there.
Their own sister is a prisoner;
They don’t see her face to face.
They’ve not heard her song of beauty,
Felt the movement of her grace.
She lives behind those bars of steel
And waits for her release.
Will she die, or will we see Jerusalem in peace?
Each one looks at what he’s given,
And he studies what he’s shown.
They hold their maps that show possession
To this place they call their home.
First they sigth with satisfaction
When they see what’s on their maps.
Each one’s given all he wanted
But the boundaries overlap.
So do you wish us to be brothers?
Father help us understand.
Will we each kill off the others
To claim this same piece of land?
Do you mean there to be hatred
In this place you built to last?
And will faith just die a prisoner
In the dungeon of the past?
She lives behind those bars of steel
And waits for her release.
Will she die, or will we see Jerusalem in peace?
She lives behind these bars of steel
And waits for her release.
Will she die, or will we see Jerusalem in peace?
Jerusalem is sending her voice
From inside the prison of disbelief.
Stand up you people of the one God
To bring about her release.
O Lord our God, you are God alone, God of three peoples. We come before you today, humbled by the generosity of your gifts to us, especially the gift of your holy city, Jerusalem. Help us find the places where your people are sharing this precious gift so that we can join in. Amen.
All three brothers love their father,
And he’s brought them here today,
To see these papers and these lawyers,
And divide the old estate.
All three feel that they’re the favorite.
He loves each of them the best.
And these documents he gave them
Will now put them to the test.
So they opened all the writings
That will prove the rightful heir
To this home that they remember
And the right to settle there.
Their own sister is a prisoner;
They don’t see her face to face.
They’ve not heard her song of beauty,
Felt the movement of her grace.
She lives behind those bars of steel
And waits for her release.
Will she die, or will we see Jerusalem in peace?
Each one looks at what he’s given,
And he studies what he’s shown.
They hold their maps that show possession
To this place they call their home.
First they sigth with satisfaction
When they see what’s on their maps.
Each one’s given all he wanted
But the boundaries overlap.
So do you wish us to be brothers?
Father help us understand.
Will we each kill off the others
To claim this same piece of land?
Do you mean there to be hatred
In this place you built to last?
And will faith just die a prisoner
In the dungeon of the past?
She lives behind those bars of steel
And waits for her release.
Will she die, or will we see Jerusalem in peace?
She lives behind these bars of steel
And waits for her release.
Will she die, or will we see Jerusalem in peace?
Jerusalem is sending her voice
From inside the prison of disbelief.
Stand up you people of the one God
To bring about her release.
O Lord our God, you are God alone, God of three peoples. We come before you today, humbled by the generosity of your gifts to us, especially the gift of your holy city, Jerusalem. Help us find the places where your people are sharing this precious gift so that we can join in. Amen.
The photo is of Dominus Flevit, "Jesus Wept," the church at the top of the Mount of Olives, commemorating Jesus' weeping over Jerusalem, Luke 19.41.
Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem - travel October 17-31, 2009.
Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem - travel October 17-31, 2009.
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