Held

In Sound of Music, when Maria, the children and the Captain are running away after their last performance, before they hide behind the gravestones of the nunnery, the sister quotes the first verse of Psalm 121 to Maria. “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.”

Yesterday morning in church, we sang this song:

When I turn my eyes to see
what the world can offer me,
who alone can be my help?
O lift my eyes
from the fears that threaten me
and vain hopes to set me free,
who alone can be my help?
O lift my eyes.

Lift my eyes, lift my eyes
lift my eyes beyond the hills
to the God who keeps me still,
O lift my eyes

For all worlds are in his hands,
evermore his kingdom stands,
yet he keeps me in his gaze;
O lift my eyes.
He who watches will not sleep
for the Shepherd guards his sheep.
none can snatch me from his hand,
O lift my eyes.

His presence with me as I start on the way
sustained by his grace in the heat of the day
no evil prevails in his purpose for me
till his face I see

- Steve James, Jubilate Hymns

I will sing to the Lord, and I will lift my voice, for You have heard my cry.
I’m so very thankful to have a church like All Souls to be part of here in London.
It’s been a year, since I first grasped the amazing truths of Colossians 1, at last spring’s Word Alive. And looking at it afresh again yesterday, the Word’s alive indeed!

Jesus – “At the still point of the turning world.” (T.S. Eliot, II, Burnt Norton, Four Quartets) A few lines down, “Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.”