Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy

This song has nothing whatsoever to do with Christmas, but I love it, and its message.  I think it speaks strongly of how we are changed by love.  Once we have felt the mercy of Heavenly Father, it's easier to share that mercy and love with others.



Here are the words:

Brightly Beams our Father's mercy
From his lighthouse evermore,
But to us he gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.

Let the lower lights be burning;
Send a gleam across the wave.
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.

Dark the night of sin has settled;
Loud the angry billows roar.
Eager eyes are watching, longing,
For the lights along the shore.


Let the lower lights be burning;
Send a gleam across the wave.
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.


Trim your feeble lamp, my brother;
Some poor sailor, tempest-tossed,
Trying now to make the harbor,
In the darkness may be lost.


Let the lower lights be burning;
Send a gleam across the wave.
Some poor fainting, struggling seaman
You may rescue, you may save.


Sometimes I feel like my lamp is very feeble indeed.  But we never know who around us is struggling against crushing waves.  Even our small light can help and strengthen others.  So, share the light of love with those around you!