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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Hymn

Lay down in stillness.
Lay down in stillness.
Lay down in stillness,
    the stillness of God.

Surrender to sorrow.
Surrender to sorrow.
Surrender to sorrow,
     the sorrow of God.

Rise up in wholeness.
Rise up in wholeness.
Rise up in wholeness,
    the wholeness of God.

Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.

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