Scripture

John 1:14 (NIV)

The Word became flesh

and made his dwelling among us.

We have seen his glory,

the glory of the one and only Son,

who came from the Father,

full of grace and truth.

Refrain

The Word became flesh. This is the greatest wonder.

Quote

Brian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences

"In that numinous moment I whispered a prayer:

God, I want to spend the rest of my life

in a constant state of wonder.

What happened next was wholly unanticipated.

A reply whispered back,

This is the greatest wonder of all —

the Word became flesh and dwelt among us."

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Scripture

Matthew 18:3 (NIV)

And he said:

"Truly I tell you,

unless you change and become like little children,

you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

Refrain

I am learning to see like a child again.

Quote

George MacDonald

"To cease to wonder is to fall plumb-down

from the childlike to the commonplace —

the most undivine of all moods intellectual.

Our nature can never be at home

among things that are not wonderful to us."

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Scripture

Lamentations 5:15–16 (NIV)

Joy is gone from our hearts;

our dancing has turned to mourning.

The crown has fallen from our head.

Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Refrain

God has never grown tired of making the world.

Quote

G.K. Chesterton, from Orthodoxy

"But perhaps God is strong enough

to exult in monotony.

It is possible that God says every morning,

'Do it again' to the sun;

and every evening, 'Do it again' to the moon.

It may not be automatic necessity

that makes all daisies alike;

it may be that God makes every daisy separately,

but has never got tired of making them.

It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy;

for we have sinned and grown old,

and our Father is younger than we."

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Scripture

Psalm 8:3–4 (NIV)

When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?

Refrain

Wonder is the arrow pointing me home.

Quote

Brian Zahnd, from Unseen Existences

"In the pilgrimage of the soul

toward the homeland where we've never been,

wonder is one of our most reliable way markers.

True wonder is a bright flecha

pointing the pilgrim toward heaven."

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Scripture

Revelation 21:2–4 (NRSVUE)

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,

coming down out of heaven from God,

prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

"See, the home of God is among mortals.

He will dwell with them;

they will be his peoples,

and God himself will be with them;

he will wipe every tear from their eyes.

Death will be no more;

mourning and crying and pain will be no more,

for the first things have passed away."

Refrain

No one is finally lost. The road leads home.

Quote

C.S. Lewis, from The Problem of Pain

"I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish;

but their rescue consists

of being put back on the right road."

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Scripture

Philippians 3:20 (NIV)

But our citizenship is in heaven.

And we eagerly await a Savior from there,

the Lord Jesus Christ.

Refrain

I am not yet myself. I am becoming.

Quote

Pope Benedict XVI, from Introduction to Christianity

"Human persons are beings en route,

beings characterized by transition.

They are not yet themselves;

they must ultimately become themselves."

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Scripture

John 14:2–3 (NIV)

My Father's house has many rooms;

if that were not so,

would I have told you

that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

And if I go and prepare a place for you,

I will come back

and take you to be with me

that you also may be where I am.

Refrain

I press on — further up and further in.

Quote

C.S. Lewis, from The Last Battle

"I have come home at last!

This is my real country!

I belong here.

This is the land I have been looking for all my life,

though I've never seen it till now.

The reason we loved the old Narnia

is that it sometimes looked a little like this.

Come further up, come further in!"

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