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Sunday, Jan 13 2008 - Coloured Toys
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The title of today's church service was "A New Covenant: The Promises We Make to Our Children" and one of the songs had the following lyrics. They made me cry, because they resonated so deeply with me...that desire to give and give and give to Will and Ellen that feels instinctual and primal.
When I bring to you colour'd toys
When I bring to you coloured toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colours on clouds, on water, and why flowers are painted in tints - when I give coloured toys to you, my child.
When I sing to make you dance, I truly know why there is music in leaves, and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth - when I sing to make you dance.
When bring sweet things to your greedy hands, I know why there is honey in the cup of the hflower and why fruits are secretlyf illed with such sweet juice - when I bring sweet things to your greedy hands.
(Rabindranath Tagore/John Alden Carpenter)
I even like the use of the word 'greedy' because it describes the uncanny gift of observation and excitement for experiencing new things that Will has, and that Ellen will develop.
When I bring to you colour'd toys
When I bring to you coloured toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play of colours on clouds, on water, and why flowers are painted in tints - when I give coloured toys to you, my child.
When I sing to make you dance, I truly know why there is music in leaves, and why waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth - when I sing to make you dance.
When bring sweet things to your greedy hands, I know why there is honey in the cup of the hflower and why fruits are secretlyf illed with such sweet juice - when I bring sweet things to your greedy hands.
(Rabindranath Tagore/John Alden Carpenter)
I even like the use of the word 'greedy' because it describes the uncanny gift of observation and excitement for experiencing new things that Will has, and that Ellen will develop.
1 comments so far.
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a decade ago
Wow, you have a cool church, Lynn! Children really are greedy, aren't they, in their hunger for learning and knowing. I never thought of it that way before. Don't you love it when a service seems like it was tailor-made just for you?
:kiss: The only services we get around here are "You're evil and you're going to burn in Hell." Oh yeah, I guess that would be tailor-made for me. 
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