Loving Spirit, loving Spirit
Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,
you have chosen me to be--
you have drawn me to your wonder,
you have set your sign on me.
Like a mother, you enfold me,
hold my life within your own,
feed me with your very body,
form me of your flesh and bone.
Like a father, you protect me,
teach me the discerning eye,
hoist me up upon your shoulder,
let me see the world from high.
Friend and lover, in your closeness
I am known and held and blessed;
in your promised is my comfort,
in your presence I may rest.
Loving Spirit, loving Spirit,
you have chosen me to be--
you have drawn me to your wonder,
you have set your sign on me.
Words: Shirley Erena Murray
Words © 1987 by The Hymn Society (admin. by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL
60188).
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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Music: Waltham (Gott des Himmels), Omni die, Felicity
Meter: 87 87
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