Just let me say: Song for Sunday School 1

SONG
Just let me say
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=qi5yDcWJ88I (orginal)


1. Just let me say(D) how much(A) I love(Bm) You.
Let me speak(G) of your mercy(D) and (C)grace(A).
Just let me live(D) in the shadow(A) of Your beauty(Bm).
Let me(G) see you(D) face to face(A)
And the earth(F#m) will shake as Your word(Bm) goes forth.
And the heavens(G) can tremble(D) and (C)fall(A)
But just let me say(D) how much(A) I love You(Bm).
O my Saviour(G), my Lord(A) and friend(D).

2. Just let me hear Your finest whispers
As You gently call my name
And let me see Your power and Your glory
Let me feel Your spirit's flame
Let me find You in the desert
Till this sand is Your holy ground
And I am found completely surrendered
To You, my Lord and friend.

3. So let me say how much I love You
With all my heart I long for You
For I am caught in this passion of knowing
This endless love I've found in You.
And the depth of grace, the forgiveness found.
To be called a child of God
Just makes me say how much I love You.
O my Saviour, my Lord and friend.

Meaning of the song
There is a repeated use of the word “let” which means grant me the permission to speak about God's grace ( love given that I do not deserve) and mercy (pardon from wrong) and my response in love to God. I wants to live the shadow of God's beauty that is so beautiful it covers all other types of beauty and going a step even further I want to see God face. In the bible only Moses managed to do so and he glowed afterwards but it is wanting to be with God in a very intimate manner. When God speaks back he imagines the earth shaking and the heavens trembling and falling. But I love God as Saviour, Lord and friend.

In the next verse, I respond to God rather than speak to God. I hear God's call, observe his power and glory (magnificence) and feel God. It is a multi-sensory connection with God in a very dry and parched place that has become holy. It it this encounter with God that echoes of Moses encounter/ call at the burning bush that makes the person completely surrender to God.
In the next verse, again the person speaks of love but this time with an intensity a longing and a passion of God's love that is enduring and deep and special towards a child belonging to Him.

Background to the song
This song is sung by one of the most famous Christian singers and song writers of 1995. He was a worship leader at the Hills Christian Centre in Australia. At the height of his career, Geoff Bullock's felt a inner sense of failure as a Christian performer and when he left the church his marriage fell apart. By the end of the year, he had hooked up with a long time friend and he had to leave all the ministries he was involved in. In his very public shame and brokeness, he has learnt what it means to live by grace.

Today, he has learnt in his own words, “It's easy to say let's build a church out of good services, good praise and worship, good preaching, an 'if you do this, God will do that' philosophy. Then all we have to do is show you what we've got in God and say, 'You do this and become like us'. It's easy to advertise that - it's successful, it's attractive. "People want to be part of the winning team. It's easy to say, 'Come to our church. We have great lights and great music.' I used to say that. But I never said, 'Listen. Come and meet the people who know what pain is like, and what brokenness is like. Come to meet people who are going to make you feel at home with your failure, because they're not pretending to be anybody. And come and meet Jesus, the person who gives us the ability to keep starting again and not feel so despairing that we give up.'

English teaching item
Kindergarten: The senses and action words.
Lower primary: Just let me say....
Upper primary/ Secondary:
Common Coordinating Conjunctions
and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet.
Common Conjunctive Adverbs and Transition Phrases
accordingly, hence, in summary, on the other hand, also, however, likewise, otherwise, besides, in addition, meanwhile, similarly, consequently, in conclusion, moreover, therefore, finally, in contrast, nevertheless, then, for example, indeed, nonetheless, thus, furthermore, instead, on the contrary.
Common Subordinating Conjunctions
after, if , when, although, since, whenever, as, so that, where, as if, than, wherever, as soon as, that, whether, because, though, which, before, unless, while, even though, until, who/whom, how, what, whose.