https://youtu.be/aubaZFOQOJo Thanks to Marc and Catriona - the ministers at Invergowrie and Carse Churches in Scotland.
Gift of Exhaling
Into your Presence
Blessed time to pray
And onto my knees
Breath taken away
A gift of exhaling
Of burdens outpour
Muscles relaxing
Into arms that adore
A breath of surrender
Acknowledgement true
Completely dependent
Of the grace of You
In comfort so deep
A breath of divine
Mortal and Spirit
Here intertwine
May this life of breathing
Be through lungs of the soul
Let the breath of the Spirit
Here now take control
Being Something Beautiful
Being something beautiful
Beginning with a prayer
To feel His love surrounding
And know that truth so clear
Being something beautiful
An easy thing to do
Surrendering to God
And let him transform you
Being something beautiful
Let us each proclaim
For we are in God’s eyes
All one in the same
Being something beautiful
Can be found right here
Through blessing of his presence
Grace is everywhere
Being something beautiful
Our message, let it be
The Word to every soul
In them is what we see
Being something beautiful
Our joy this day to share
With our unique own giftings
With a heart to care
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Minutes for Christ 