Consider the Lilies

I have had the words of Christmas songs running through my head since Halloween.  But after this past week’s events, I woke up with the words of a different song running through my heart.

I’m thinking of my friends who are struggling with losses and burdens. They are the kind of sorrows that no one else can relieve or carry for them—no one except the Savior.

I did not intend to write this post in this way today. But it came to me, as I lay in bed, that it is not my words that need to be heard, but the healing words of this song. These are words that have touched my life and that I pray will bring you the same sense of love and peace and hope. They are words that come directly from a loving Father in Heaven, given to us through the humble talents of Roger Hoffman. Hear what he has to say, and listen while you read the promises that are ours, if we trust Him.  I am so grateful for people who are able to bless our lives with the beauty and power that can only be found in music.

(There is a button on the top of the sidebar where you can hear the music--it is so much more powerful with the music.)

Consider the Lilies

by Roger Hoffman

“It is not within my power to express my gratitude to the God who gave this song to me.
In it is expressed the sum of His great power to redeem us all from the effects of this fallen world.
He not only forgives sins, but heals the adverse effects of them on everyone who will trust him.
It has been so with my life and with many, many whom I know personally.”

Consider the lilies of the field,
How they grow, how they grow.
Consider the birds in the sky,
How they fly, how they fly.

He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the birds in the sky.
And He will feed those who trust Him,
And guide them with His eye.

Consider the sheep of His fold,
How they follow where He leads.
Though the path may wind across the mountains,
He knows the meadows where they feed.

He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the birds in the sky,
And He will feed those who trust Him,
And guide them with His eye.

Consider the sweet, tender children
Who must suffer on this earth.
The pains of all of them He carried
From the day of His birth.

He clothes the lilies of the field,
He feeds the lambs in His fold,
And He will heal those who trust Him,
And make their hearts as gold.

With Love,