I’ve been listening to Mumford & Sons “Sigh No More” record with equal parts enjoyment and intrigue. Before I knew really anything about the band I could tell the writing was wrestling with a lot of good spiritual issues. After I saw them live here in Phoenix and saw the response in the crowd I was blown away by how the songs were reaching people. Then I discovered that Marcus Mumford has strong Vineyard ties, son of the Vineyard UK regional directors and is friends with some local Vineyard friends. All that to say, I love their music and pray for that band in a different way now.
One of their songs “Awake My Soul” really caught me as something that, in pieces, could work really well in a worship set. I’ve been playing around with it and came up with a few minor, but important, lyric changes and introduced it as a tag this past week. The congregation responded well and I thought it served the aim of the set and what God had been stirring in us. I’m not sure if we’ll do it again, but it’s a possibility. The lyric we sang was very simple:
Awake my soul
Awake my soul
Awake my soul
For we were made to love our maker
The bluegrass feel went quite well sandwiching our first song by Ryan Delmore. We teased the tag at the beginning of Ryan’s song and then reintroduced it at the end. Here are the details of the set:
- The Gift of Gifts – Opening Puritan Prayer
- The World Can’t Take It Away – Ryan Delmore
- God of this City – Bluetree (loop available)
- My Soul Sings – Delirious (loop available)
- Nothing But the Blood – Robert Lowry (Page CXVI arrangement linked)
- Our God Reigns – Delirious (loop available)
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I gotta say, I really do hope we do it again! At first, it was just a sweet vibe with some simple lyrics, but as it repeated, and I allowed the simplicity of the lyric to challenge my soul, I became quite entangled in the meaning. It’s so easy to get caught in a slumber of routine, and the importance of continually stirring our spirit is great so as to remember what we have been saved to! ” For we were born to love our Maker” it’s simple, but, like most things I’ve been chewing on lately, it’s boundless in it’s effect on my day-to-day. I love it! Thanks Kyle!
It's actually
"You were made to meet your maker"
Yeah that's an intentional lyric change on my part.