Sending – Bret Hesla

Be In Our Eyes

1. Be in our eyes that we may see
Your faces on the street.
To see you wand’ring in the alleyways.

Chorus:
Send us fresh into the world. Be in our eyes.
Send us fresh into the world. Be in our eyes.

2. Be in our legs to perservere
The portages to peace.
To leave the treadmill of the status quo. (Ch: with “legs”)

3. Be in our lungs to shout our joy
Full-throated ev’ry day.
To shun the slouching davenport of gloom. (Ch: with “lungs”)

4. Be in our ears to hear your merry
Humming as you cook.
And then to hear the dinner bell of now.(Ch: with “ears”)

5. Be in our minds, to wrestle with
The issues of our time
In quest of insight for the common good. (Ch: with “minds”)

6. Be in our hands to stack the deck
& Deal aces to the poor.
To freely give as we so freely gain. (Ch: with “hands”)

Words and music by Bret Hesla.
© 2013 Bret Hesla. All rights reserved. Use with permission, please
Licensed via OneLicense.net, Contact: Bret.hesla@gmail.com

In God’s Embrace

In God’s Embrace
© 2017 Bret Hesla

In God’s embrace we’ve come thus far
In God’s embrace we travel forth
Through perils unknown, on paths untrod.
In God’s embrace we shall remain.
In God’s embrace we shall remain.

Words and music by Bret Hesla.
Written on commission for St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Austin, MN, on their 150th Anniversary October 2017
© 2017 Bret Hesla. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Licensed via OneLicense.net, Contact: Bret.hesla@gmail.com.

Inspired by what is sometimes known as the Travelers Prayer, or the Holden Village Prayer. Original title: “Call of Abraham.” Source: Daily Prayer. Edited by Eric Milner-White and George Wallace Brigg. Great Britain (1942)

O God, you have called your servants to ventures
of which we cannot see the ending,
by paths yet untrodden,
through perils unknown.
Give us faith to go out with good courage,
not knowing where we go,
but only that your hand is leading us
and your love supporting us
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Like a Seed Upon the Breeze

Like A Seed Upon The Breeze

1. Like a seed upon the breeze of night
Letting go and carried into flight
Take our longings into You, Soft Wind of Peace
Carry us on.

2. Like the crimson of the afternoon
Turns at evening into rich maroon
Let our spirits gently fade in you, Dear Friend
Deepest Of Hues

Ch:
Spirit let us now depart in peace
In the shadows of your warm embrace
Spinning on the axis of your midnight grace
Carry us home.

(repeat ch.)

This was written as a sending song for an evening service. It’s part of a suite of songs for evening, that highlight the turning of the day, the goodness of the natural rhythms, positive images of darkness, and the healing of letting go.

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Be In Our Eyes

In God’s Embrace

Words and music by Bret Hesla.Written on commission for St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Austin, MN, on their 150th Anniversary October 2017© 2017 Bret Hesla. All rights reserved. Used by permission.Licensed via OneLicense.net, Contact: Bret.hesla@gmail.com.

Like a Seed Upon the Breeze

Words and music by Bret Hesla.
Written on commission for St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Austin, MN, on their 150th Anniversary October 2017
© 2017 Bret Hesla. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Licensed via OneLicense.net, Contact: Bret.hesla@gmail.com.