July 11th, 2007

The week after Bethany's death was hard with deep grief for many in the congregation. I found myself working through my reactions in part by finishing a song that I shared with Kelly and Liz last week.

I didn't need to explain what it was about. Liz was supportive and with Kelly's reaction I knew the song captured and communicated what was meant to be passed along. It rides on an edge between dance and despair Kelly remarked. He was right and the edge is there more often than I care to admit to myself.

God's Gonna Get Us There

Well, better hope for better times, and measure rung by rung
The ladder climb to something good, maybe to stay forever young
If we're needing to be young.

While caught up in our pastimes,
or conquered by some small crimes,
Like cruising through the stop signs,
God's gonna get us

God's gonna get us there
Oh, and move us from despair
We may not know the hour but God's gonna get us there.
God's gonna get us

Jesus loves us, how do we know,
What can shine within us so?
As we're called to give ourselves away
We can almost see the glow
Of what we were graced with long ago

While reeling from temptation,
or lost in inspiration,
or strolling to salvation
God's gonna get us

God's gonna get us there
Oh, and move us from despair
We may not know the hour but God's gonna get us there.
God's gonna get us there

In power through our prayer
While we are in God's care
Our spirits may declare

We can feel the shadow of God's love who turns our bodies into the sun
And that dawn will come for everyone where we'll laugh and play and run,
As we rejoice in what's been done

While repaying what we've borrowed
God will lift us through our sorrow
To celebrate tomorrow
God's gonna get us

God's gonna get us there
Oh, and move us from despair
We may not know the hour but God's gonna get us there.
God's gonna get us there