Leddy Hammock

Highlights:

Inspired by lyrics to "It Works when I Work It" by Sue K. Riley & Fred Bogert:

"It works, when I work it! My good comes pouring through.

It works, when I work it – these principles of Truth.

… I know that I am ready to receive …. If I trust my heart to lead,
then love comes pouring through ….

My good will know my face.
I'm making room for miracles and saving room for grace."

Leddy Hammock

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Inspired by lyrics to "What Must Be Done" by Greg Greenway::

I learned as a child there were two ways to see: the world as it is and the way it should be.
Some people say 'that's just not my problem.' Some people do what must be done.

I've seen the toll taken, the tears that were shed. I've seen the journey started and the ripples spread.
Some people say that's just not my problem. Some people do what must be done.

Sometimes the darkness is all we can see. We can't envision what the future will be.
But, in our hearts is that which can guide us, so we can do what must be done.

We see the hole in the fabric that must be sewn. We see the way blockaded and we roll back the stone. We see the day beyond the horizon and we do what must be done.

Leddy Hammock

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Inspired by lyrics to "A Simple Prayer" by JD Martin, Glen Roethel, and Sue Riley:

This world can seem so crazy and I don't know what to do.
Looking at your face, my friend, I guess you feel the same way, too.

All I have are questions: What is right and what is fair?
And so, we raise our voices in this simple prayer.

I've been running out of patience with this land I love.
Help me breathe through the frustration. You know I care so much.

In this breath, in this moment, I remember what is true.
Love is the only answer. So, I share this prayer with you.

Leddy Hammock

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Inspired by lyrics to "This Is What I Know" by Jan Garrett:

This is what I know: That we are all connected, the universe reflected in each shining part.

God is nearer than my breathing, closer than hands and feet.

And so I receive all I can be. And so it is, and so be it.

When I speak it, I can see it…. And so we begin…. Amen, amen, amen!

Carol Record

Inspired by lyrics from "No Complaints, Whatsoever" by Jan Garrett and JD Martin:

I have no complaints, because I know that God knows what I am going through, and is bringing me through this to a better place.

I am not bitter; I know that God knows what is best for me, so my outlook is fresh and my outcomes are satisfying.

I have moved out of the prison of complaining to the freedom of praising, for I know that God is so good to me.

I am patient. I know that God's will for me is good and only good. So, I have no complaints, whatsoever!

Leddy Hammock

Highlights from lyrics from "All the Same Stuff" by Eddie Watkins, Jr.:

Look around and everything you see is merely an outpicturing of what's going on inside your consciousness.

If you don't like what you see, change your mind and your beliefs.
Keep what's working for you and throw out the rest.

I'm just stating the plain and simple case.
Whatever we think most about, seems to always come about
And ends up staring us right in the face.

And it's all the same stuff, since God is all there is you see.
What else could anything else be.
And it's all the same stuff,
And you can rearrange it anyway you want.

Leddy Hammock

Highlights:

From lyrics to "Courage to Begin" by Roger Tomhave, Tom Kimmel, & Kim-Char Meredith

From trial-and-error to error-and-trial, you've gotta do it with style.
You know you're going somewhere; … it might take a while.

It is not an easy path, and it leaves a trailing mess —
So many twists and turns up the mountain of success.
When asked if my good fortune takes a special discipline, I say, "Yes it does. It takes the courage to begin."

Oh, the courage to begin is the courage not to stop.
You got to keep on moving from the bottom to the top.
Fail early, fail often, and when you feel like giving in,
Remember how you started and the way you start again is the courage to begin.

…Every time I start, it might fall apart.
Still, I'm on my way.
Oh, it might seem the farthest run.
But, … the first step is the hardest one.

Nancy Peterson

Highlights:

Inspired by lyrics to "I'll Meet You where You Are" by Melinda Wood Allen & David Roth:

When days are not okay, we won't pretend.
If it's not okay, it's not the end.

We have come all this way together and we'll keep growing together.

If God had hands, there'd only be one on your shoulder.
If God could speak, the words would bless everything you do.

Whatever has happened has come to pass. We'll meet together in a higher place.