Ponderable Words and Lyrics

I'm a sucker for words. When I hear some special phrase, I find myself saying it to myself, sometimes even finding paper to write it down before I forget. While playing cards the other night, one of our Friends said something about crossing a "line of departure" - he was speaking of military experience. And I found myself sitting there saying it over again - what a great phrase. Made me want to know more. Some words pack so much meaning...

AND SO --- This is one of my favorite Chris Rice collections. It's an old one - I like his older music because it has meaning. Real words about real things. The song below is probably my all time favorite song of his, and not one I've ever heard on the radio. The music is the perfect compliment, even though the words stand alone. The imagery in this is outstanding - lots of repeatable, ponderable phrases! In this song, he captures a sense of God's presence in every thing of creation, and Him being worshiped by every thing of creation. 

You can listen to it here...lyrics printed below for that early morning meditation.

(Maybe you'd share some of the words you love to ponder...)

WIND AND SPIRIT by Chris Rice
I hear a sound and turn to see a new direction on that rusty weathervane
Suddenly the dead brown leaves are stirred to scratch their circle dances down the lane
And now the sturdy oaks start clappin' with the last few stubborn leaves that won't let go
I can hear Old Glory snappin' and her tattered rope now clangin' against the pole
And my breath is snatched away
And a chill runs up my spine
Feels like somethin's on the way so I look up to the sky, I look up to the sky and...
From the corners of creation
Comes the Father's holy breath
Ridin' on a storm with tender fierceness
Stirring my soul to holiness
Stirring my soul to holiness
I see the lifeless dust now resurrected, swirling up against my window pane
And carried 'cross the distance comes the long awaited fragrances of earth and rain
And out across the amber field the slender grasses bend and bow and kiss the ground
And in them I see the beauty of the souls who let the Spirit lay them down
And it takes my breath away
And a tear comes to my eye
Feels like somethin's on the way, so I look up to the sky, I look up to the sky and...
From the corners of creation
Comes the Father's holy breath
Ridin' on a storm with tender fierceness
Stirring my soul to holiness
Stirring my soul to holiness
And like a mighty wind blows with a force I cannot see
I will open wide my wings, I will open wide my wings
I will open wide my wings and let the Spirit carry me
From the corners of creation
Comes the Father's holy breath
Ridin' on a storm with tender fierceness
Stirring my soul to holiness
Stirring my soul to holiness

I hear the sound and turn to see the new direction on that rusty weathervane...