Rivulet & Roots (Jeremiah 17)

Here's the song I've been working on. The lyrics are mostly done but I'm waiting on some divine inspiration on the perfect melody...I have about 1,400 different ones floating around in my head. I hope to finish it to sing it at the Mocha Monkey a week from Saturday.

Verse 1

Selfish dreams and self sufficiency: 

The anthem of humanity       

Drawing all your strength from flesh

Will only lead to desert thirst

Verse 2 

Sin becomes engraved upon our hearts 

with iron tools and with flint points 

And on our children we'll impart 

all our high places 

Pre-Chorus

So I go lower to get higher, send my roots down to the stream, oh 

I go lower to get higher, send my roots down water deep

Chorus 1 

I send my roots down by the river

And I will not fear when heat comes

And I have no worries in a drought year                            

My leaves are green 

      

Verse 3

Watered trees they dwell in perfect peace 

evidence that roots dwell deep                

Your peace I cannot understand       

but I can feel it in the wind
I can feel You in the wind

Pre-Chorus

I go lower to get higher , send my roots down to the stream

I go lower to get higher, send my roots down water deep 

Chorus 2 

I send my roots down by the river

And I will not fear when heat comes

And I have no worries in a drought year                                        

Trust is my theme

Bridge 

A throne is my place of sanctuary 

the one seated there is my hope

I won't turn away or be written in the dust

And I will not forsake the spring of living water

Chorus 1 

I send my roots down by the river

And I will not fear when heat comes

And I have no worries in a drought year                               

My leaves are green 

Chorus  2

I send my roots down by the river

And I will not fear when heat comes

And I have no worries in a drought year                                

Trust is my theme

Ending 

Heal me 

And I'll be healed  

Save me 

And I will be safe 

Introducing...HOA

Thanks to all who submitted name ideas for us! There were some good ones but in the end we realized our name had to mean something to us. We wrestled between our two favorites and could not decide. While in the car picking the kids up from their grandma's house, we prayed and asked God to name us and prayed specifically for a sign. Within minutes a song came on the radio based on Psalm 115 - our scripture reference for our "House Of Aaron" band name. We took it as our sign.