we found the song that we once could sing

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song of reconciliation
{by wayne kirkpatrick}


where there is love, there is a peace.

and in the cages that bind the bitter heart, it is release.

hold it close to your chest.

let it move, and let it rest...

for it is here to set your mind at ease.

where there is love, there is a peace.

where there is hope, there is a dream

to rise above, to remit and to redeem...

to go back, to go where

there's no hurt or anger there...

to find the song that you once could sing.

where there is hope, there is a dream.

where there is faith, there is a chance

to alter the course and fight the winds of circumstance...

not to scar, but mend,

not to break, but to bend...

and not to know, but to understand.

where there is faith, there is a chance.

where there is hope, there is a dream.

where there is love, there is a peace.

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{i met with someone today with whom i had a long bout of silence... there had come to be misunderstanding and hurt where there was once communication, and silence resulted. but with some time away to process and heal and bend and listen to others say what we could not say to ourselves, we came back together to talk it out. in person. in love. it was good. it was right. we both believe in the same God who forgave us so much... in fact, so much that He paid the price with His only son for us to be saved. so it was easy to do... only natural. or rather, unnatural, but inspired by God's great love for us.

i had heard the lyrics above when listening to a favorite song on an old cd a couple of weeks ago. they moved me to soften my approach and my approachability. i'm glad i came across them again.

on a different note, but related in so far as i speak of forgiveness and redemption and second chances and newness, i hope you all have a blessed easter sunday.}