I sang Sadako at Concordia yesterday. It works best for me on my acoustic guitar. The first time I’ve played my Maton Coolabah at Concordia for years. Usually it’s my pink electric Schechter. Some kids wondered where it was. Next time!
I also sang an older prayer-song. (Like Sadako, capo on 5th fret.) When I was preparing the day before, I noticed again that the words in AT For Good, word edition, first printing, have several errors. Just one remains in the second printing. In v.3, line 3, it should be ‘knowing everyone as a friend’. Instead of ‘knowing’ it has ‘picture’. That latter word is just not as personal. It’s a bit removed.
It’s a prayer song, with v.1 & 2 describing situations
(we pray for peace but the war goes on … we make our vows & we break them too ..), before the chorus takes us into direct conversation
(Jesus, give us peace, in our hearts & lives …). v.3 is also direct prayer
(So touch our eyes so we see again … knowing everyone as a friend …). The song was written back in the ‘80’s but for one reason or another it wasn’t included in an earlier collection.
Enough of technicalities! Jesus promises to give us peace. We need to embrace it, pray for it, & be courageous enough to make it part of every aspect of our life. ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’ — let it also be true of our lives!
