The Most Beautiful Song

This is one of the songs that we are singing in Vacation Bible School this year. It is so beautiful… every time I hear it/sing it I get goosebumps and start to cry.  So far the kids haven’t seen me overwhelmed by the beauty of this song; if they did they would probably wonder about their teacher’s mental health!  LOL

I suppose this song touches me because it really sums up what the Christian life is supposed to be like.  And yet so often we fall short!  We become irritated with each other, hold grudges, fail to extend grace and forgiveness, take offense where none is meant, etc.  I’m a sucker for Utopian ideals, and because this one is God-prescribed, it saddens me all the more that we rarely see it practiced.

ONE
Words and Music by Jeff Slaughter.
Arr. by Barney Robertson

Being of one mind, having the same love.
Being of one accord, having the same heart.
Believing in one God, following one truth.
Believing in Jesus, doing what He says to do.

We pray for each other, serve one another,
walk in unity, and care for each other’s needs.
Break bread together, brothers and sisters.
Hand in hand in the body of Christ we become one.

And we will do nothing for our own glory.
But in humility we will treat others as more important than ourselves,

As we pray for each other, serve one another,
walk in unity, and care for each other’s needs.
Break bread together, brothers and sisters.
Hand in hand in the body of Christ we become one.
Hand in hand in the body of Christ we become one.