Author: Daniel Charles Damon Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 1 hymnal Scripture: Hebrews 1:1 Lyrics: 1 As children, we may learn to love,
to trust, and as we grow,
to test and try the world around,
enlarging what we know.
2 If songs and stories fill our hearts,
a vital seed may grow
to bear the fruit of faith and hope:
the love our lives can show.
3 When change and sorrow come our way
our faith is tried by fire,
but from a tiny seed can grow
the tallest redwood spire.
4 This faith, no longer like the old,
is stronger for the years.
Embracing life and death, it holds
our laughter and our tears.
5 We learn to spend and to be spent,
and living free from fear,
we bear the healing fruit of faith,
and show God's presence here. Topics: Aging; Baptism; Faith; Ordination Used With Tune: PINOLE VALLEY
As Children, We May Learn to Love