Lyrics to “A Rising Tide” by Harold Payne:
“Right here, right now, we are all connected somehow.
Even a whisper in the dark becomes a prayer and it reaches out and touches your heart.
A rising tide lifts us all; every drop of water helps to keep the flow.
When you make a ripple in the river of life, we will all be lifted – lifted by the rising tide.
We all have dreams of a world where we can live in peace and each act of kindness builds a bridge that leads us to the common ground beyond our differences . . . .
I’m holding on to what I know that we can be in a sea of possibilities . . . .
A rising tide lifts us all, every drop of water helps to keep the flow
When you make a ripple in the river of life, we will all be lifted – lifted by the riding tide.”
Responsive Reading for Sunday, March 4
“The people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen" (Matthew 4:16).
“Right here, right now, we are all connected somehow. Even a whisper in the dark becomes a prayer and it reaches out and touches your heart.”
“He proposed another parable to them. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the 'birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches'" (Matthew 13:31-2).
“We all have dreams of a world where we can live in peace and each act of kindness builds a bridge that leads us to the common ground beyond our differences.”
“He spoke to them another parable. ‘The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened’" (Mt. 13:33).
“I’m holding on to what I know that we can be, in a sea of possibilities.”
Jesus said: “And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself" (Jn.12:32).
“A rising tide lifts us all; every drop of water helps to keep the flow. When you make a ripple in the river of life, we will all be lifted – lifted by the rising tide.”