Streams of Mercy

As we gathered for worship yesterday we had a Service of Ordination/Installation for the Elder Class of 2020. As we remembered the baptism of Jesus, we remembered our own baptism. Members were invited to come forward to be marked with the watery sign of the cross as they remembered and gave thanks for their baptism.

In such moments we see and feel our oneness and hear more clearly our call to servant leadership and a life of servanthood. While we sang “Here I Am, Lord, ” “Baptized in Water” and “Take My Life, Lead Me Lord,” another song was in my heart and I’d like to share it. I first heard “The Servant Song” in my Cursillo Community (later to become Presbyterian Pilgrimage) during my years of ministry in the Peaks Presbytery of Central Virginia. These beautiful words are for the Body of Christ this day and every day:

Brother, sister, let me serve you, let me be as Christ to you;

Pray that I may have the grace to let you be my servant, too.

We are pilgrims on a journey; we’re together on the road,

We are here to help each other walk the miler and bear the load.

I will hold the Christ-light for you, in the nighttime of your fear;

I will hold my hand out to you, speak the peace you long to hear.

I will weep when you are weeping; when you laugh, I’ll laugh with you.

I will share your joy and sorrow, till we’ve seen this journey through.

When we sing to God in heaven, we shall find such harmony,

born of all we’ve known together of Christ’s love and agony.

May God make us good and faithful servants as we journey through this world together.

Elizabeth