Rise Above

Greetings,

As I was reading this morning, about the reality of harassment and checkpoints, politics and health care, rights violated and protectors and defenders of rights with deaf ears and blind eyes, I remembered a song that I wrote during my first Learning Circle at CCS (the Pastoral Care Year, October, 2005). It's called "Rise Above" and I'd like to share the words with you here. The music relies on the bass line and cadence of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, while the text is inspired and begins with Isaiah 2:1-4.

In days to come the people will say, "Let us go together to the house of God where we shall learn God's ways..."

A promise is born in the Love of God
that we shall rise. We shall rise above.

The message is peace in the Word of God;
help us to rise. We shall rise above.

Justice and truth are the Way of God.
So we must rise. We shall rise above.

Together we'll dwell in the House of God.
Together we'll rise. We shall rise above.

In days to come we shall seek God,
and rise above. We shall rise above.

In days to come we shall know God,
and rise above. We shall rise above.

Blessings,
Rob.