Child of Tomorrow - Anthem, 9.2.2012

What a beautiful anthem this morning.  Sam's amazing voice blesses us every Sunday.

Child of tomorrow, look now and see.

This world awaits you and all that you’ll be.

Yours are the heavens and yours are the seas.

Child of tomorrow, go forth and follow your dream.

Child of tomorrow soon you will go.

Knowledge and wisdom are yours to behold.

Yours are the heavens and all things below.

Child of tomorrow, find your dream where every you go.

Walk boldly and humbly where ever you go.

Stand proudly and honor the truth that you know.

Follow where your heart leads, for there you must go

Always remembering the path that leads you home.

Child of tomorrow, look now and see that

This world awaits you and all that you’ll be.

Yours are the heavens and yours are the seas.

Child of tomorrow, go forth and follow your dream.

Go forth and follow your dream!

"Inscription of Hope"

The Holocaust is a stunning reminder of the tragic results of prejudice and hate toward other people.  But it is also a reminder that hope held firm will eventually reign victorious over the greatest of odds.  The following words were inscribed on the walls of a cellar in Cologne, Germany, where Jews were hiding from the Nazis during WWII.  Hope was all they had to hold on to; hope was their only bridge to a brighter tomorrow.

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining,

And I believe in love even when there's no one there.

And I believe in God even when he is silent.

I believe through any trial there is always a way.

But sometimes in this suff’ring and hopeless despair,

My heart cries for shelter, to know someone’s there.

But a voice rises within me saying hold on my child,

I’ll give you strength,

I’ll give you hope,

Just stay a little while.

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining,

And I believe in love even when there's no one there.

And I believe in God even when he is silent.

I believe through any trial there is always a way.

May there someday be sunshine.

May there someday be happiness.

May there someday be love.

May there someday be peace.