The Song of a Servant
Awakenings comes in so many ways... Sometimes awakenings are subtle, and other times, not so much... Sometimes they hit us over the head with a brick, while other times it happens softly with just a mere glance... Sometimes we awaken with a word, or a touch, or a song... Sometimes we are led back on a path we had left behind, in mysterious ways... Sometimes we are led to journey back home after a long sojourn in many foreign lands... Sometimes we are led back very deeply into our hearts... During Holy Week I heard "Servant Song" by David Haas, and it moved me profoundly. I had not heard it for a very long time time, but it called to me and spoke to me, and awakened a deep longing I could not understand - presaging consequences I could not have foreseen... So many places I have walked, but I never imagined retracing certain steps... Many biblical passages arise in my heart and mind unbidden - tumbling out of me with such force and determination and such insis...