Peace by Piece
Words and Music by Gregory S. Popp ©2007
For Luke 18 2008, from an idea by Jeff Kramer
It’s not like You’re asking the impossible
It’s not turnin’ water into wine
But maybe to us it’s just incredible
That our mortal hands can be as Thine
And heavy the need
So many to feed
So many to clothe
I can’t begin to say “enough…”
Peace by piece
We make it
Step by step
We take it
One by one
We’re carrying Your Word
It’s not like You’re asking the impossible
It’s not taking steps out on the sea
But maybe to me it’s unbelievable
That peace for the world begins in me
And heavy the hand
Of my fellow man
When asking for change
I can’t begin it soon enough…
Peace by piece
We make it
Step by step
We take it
One by one
We’re carrying Your Word
Peace by piece
We build it
Heart by heart
You willed it
One by one
We’re carrying Your light
When did we see You hungry, Lord?
When did we find You thirsty, Lord?
“Cast your eyes on the least that you see.
What you did for them, you did for me"
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Greg's Story
The idea for this song was given to me by our assistant Youth Director, Jeff Kramer. He came up with this idea as the theme for our 2007 youth Luke 18 retreat. I heard the theme and my mind immediately began working on it.
The first thing that came to mind, and the foundation of the song, was a beautiful quote from Mother Theresa:
"I never look at the masses as my responsibility; I look at the individual. I can only love one person at a time - just one, one, one. So you begin. I began - I picked up one person. Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand. The whole work is only a drop in the ocean. But if I didn't put the drop in, the ocean would be one drop less. The same thing goes for you, the same thing in your family, the same thing in your church, your community. Just begin - one, one, one"
Wow - that's literally, peace by piece, one person at a time. |
