Sunday 10 September 2023

Wherever you go ... I will be with you

 


Wherever you go I shall go.
Wherever you live so shall I live.
Your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God too.
 
Wherever you die, I shall die,
and there shall I be buried beside you.
We will be together forever,
and our love will be the gift of our life.

 
Recite:
I want to say something to all of you
who have become a part
of the fabric of my life.
 
The color and texture
which you have brought into my being
have become a song,
and I want to sing it forever.
 
There is an energy in us
which makes things happen
when the paths of other persons
touch ours
and we have to be there
and let it happen.
 
When the time
of our particular sunset comes
our thing, our accomplishment,
won’t really matter a great deal.
 
But the clarity and care
with which we have loved others
will speak with vitality
of the great gift of life
we have been for each other.
 
Wherever you go I shall go.
Wherever you live so shall I live.
Your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God too.

 
Wherever you die, I shall die,
and there shall I be buried beside you.
We will be together forever,
and our love will be the gift of our life.

 

22 comments:

  1. ...Victor, thanks for sharing the video. Be well.

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  2. Love the words. This was a good time to read them. I feel some better. Scripture is valuable and there are times when the fit is perfect. (Well i know that is ALWAYS TRUE) But still there are times....

    Sherry & jack

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    1. Indeed Jack. There are times when we "meet" songs or something someone says and the words fit the moment perfectly. It is often God speaking to us.

      God bless you and yours.

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  3. Both of these are wonderful, Victor -- tho' I'm most drawn to the first. Who is that singing?
    Oh, to love and be loved like that. Blessed assurance!

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    1. In Ruth 1:16–17, Ruth tells Naomi, her Israelite mother-in-law, "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me."

      The singers are the Monks of Weston Priory, Vermont, USA.

      I made the film.

      God bless, Mevely.

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  4. I've always loved the Book of Ruth, Victor. What dedication that woman had to her mother-in-law and the God of her people! Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.
    Blessings!

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    1. Thank you, Martha. I particularly like this version of the song sung by the Vermont monks.

      God bless you always.

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  5. We sing this every now and then at church, I hadn't heard these versions you posted. What a day that will be when we are with our Lord and Savior!

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    1. Thank you Connie. These are wonderful hymns with good lyrics.

      God bless you.

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  6. beautiful Scripture, and such meaningful song.

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  7. Many thanks for sharing.

    All the best Jan

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