Attentive to the Rhythms

‘Attentive to the rhythms’ : a song inspired by my friend and colleague, Geoff Colmer. Geoff has had a torrid year battling myeloma, and now incredibly he is beginning a year as President of the Baptist Union - his theme’attentive to the rhythms of grace’.

As the Kingfisher streaks out of the sky
radiant golden and blue
I have waited so long to behold this sight
I have watched the horizon for you

I’ll be attentive to the rhythm of grace
looking for a rumour of angels
in the broken places
In stillness and quiet I’ll wait
I will search after you

As I stand on the edge of an ocean shore
braced against wind and the rain
In the groan of the sand in the ebb and the flow
I encounter a presence I know

I’ll be attentive to the rhythm of grace
looking for a rumour of angels
in the broken places
In stillness and quiet I’ll wait
I will search after you

I stand in silence,
watching the sunrise,
waiting for the chorus of the dawn to be sung

In the eyes of a child and an old man too
there’s a love that is strong, and is true
and the joy on their faces
as they laugh and they play
is a vision that points me to you

I’ll be attentive to the rhythm of grace
looking for a rumour of angels
in the broken places
In stillness and quiet I’ll wait
I will search after you