This song has good memories for me – Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker singing… Richard Gere in the 1982 film ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’… the message of faith, hope and love – themes found in Psalm 103
Who knows what tomorrow brings?
In a world, few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When it’s real, I keep it alive
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Faith: In a life that is uncertain and tough I choose to believe in a God who provides for my needs and is active in my life
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry, on a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world below
Up where the clear winds blow
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbour his anger forever;
he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
Hope: My hope is in a gracious, compassionate God, who in His grace and mercy doesn’t give me what I deserve, but lifts me up…
Some hang on to “used-to-be”
Live their lives looking behind
All we have is here and now
All our lives, out there to find
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
Love: In an uncertain tough life it is multi-dimensional love that sustains me in the present and inspires me for the future.
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry, on a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Where the clear winds blow
But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children—
Through images of mountains and eagles, I renew my faith in a God whose everlasting love lifts me up with everlasting hope.
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