ELOGOS for Friday

​Jeremiah 31: 12b-14
their life shall become like a watered garden, and they shall never languish again. Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow. I will give the priests their fill of fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my bounty, says the Lord.
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This is where the morning and this verse took me ...to the wisdom of the great theologian Mary Chapin Carpenter....great theology is best when it can be sung and the backup singers in your head are the theologians' voice, a good friend, total strangers over your shoulder in a safe place. Sing it with me.

In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby 
In this world there's a whole lot of pain 
In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, but 
A whole lot of ground to gain 
Why take when you could be giving?
Why watch as the world goes by?
It's a hard enough life to be living 
Why walk when you can fly?
In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow 
In this world there's a whole lot of shame 
In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow 
And a whole lot of ground to gain 
When you spend your whole life wishing 
Wanting, and wondering why 
It's a long enough life to be living 
Why walk when you can fly?
And in this world there's a whole lot of golden 
In this world there's a whole lot of pain 
In this world you've a soul for a compass 
And a heart for a pair of wings 
There's a star on the far horizon 
Rising bright in an azure sky 
For the rest of the time that you're given 
Why walk when you can fly?