Lent Day 14: Wading in...

For all my ponderings on water and such, I still feel that the "go-to" message of this passage (Isaiah 55:1-11) is comfort and assurance. There is a call to repentance that is woven in, to be sure, but there is also, IMO, the assurance that all are called, all are welcome.

Here are the hymns we're using. (We have those mega-licenses that allow us to use virtually anything from any hymnal. It's awesome.)

Come to the Water (John Foley, SJ)

O let all who thirst, let them come to the water
And let all who have nothing,
let them come to the Lord
Without money, without price,
why should you pay the price
Except for the Lord?

Let all who seek, let them come to the water
And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord
Without money, without price,
Why should you spend your life
Except for the Lord?

And let all who toil, let them come to the water.
And let all who are weary, let them come to the Lord
All who labor without rest. How can your soul find rest?
Except in the Lord.

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Wade in the Water

Wade in the Water
Wade in the Water, children
wade in the Wate
God's gonna trouble the Water

Who's that yonder dressed in red
Wade in the Water
Must be the Children that Moses led
And God's gonna trouble the Water

Refrain

Who's that yonder dressed in white
Wade in the Water
Must be the Children of the Israelites
God's gonna trouble the Water

Refrain

Who's that yonder dressed in blue
Wade in the Water
Must be Children coming through
And God's gonna trouble the Water

Refrain

If you don't believe I've been redeemed
Wade in the Water
Just see the holy ghost looking for me
God's gonna trouble the Water

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I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

(lyrics Horatio Bonar; music Kingsfold)

1. I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down,
Thy head upon My breast."
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad.

2. I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one,
Stoop down and drink and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream.
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.

3. I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"I am this dark world's Light.
Look unto Me; thy morn shall rise
And all thy day be bright."
I looked to Jesus, and I found
In Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that Light of Life I'll walk
Till traveling days are done.