Consider the Lilies

I love this song immensely. Because I got to sing in conference on Saturday afternoon (So incredible! I should blog about that...) I missed much of the morning session in warm up & rehearsal in the little theatre. I love watching the talks on my laptop in the bathroom when I get ready in the mornings. So I've been catching up. I had to stop and just listen when "Consider the Lilies" was being sung by MoTab.

I seek His peace. Somehow despite that, since getting divorced, I have periodic feelings of anxiety in my stomach like I've never known before. And I'm prone to getting down on myself pretty hard in my thoughts. I feel like I put up a pretty good fight--by working hard, reading & listening to positive & uplifting things, by trying to be anxiously engaged in good things, through lots of prayer, through music--symphony, choir--but it sometimes gets me anyway. I've been fighting it today, and this song brought me peace. It's always brought me peace. I have the piano music and though I sound nothing like this organist, it's even comforting to play it. There is an inexplicable power in music. I am so grateful for its influence in my life!

(This is the 2007 version--I like that it starts with a clarinet =o) I don't know how to embed the new conference song yet.)


"Consider the lilies of the field--how they grow, how they grow.
Consider the birds of 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 of his fold
and He will heal those who trust Him and make their hearts as gold.

"He clothes the lilies of the field. He feeds the lambs of his fold
and He will heal those who trust Him and make their hearts as gold."

I believe He will.