Name: The Blessing
Duration: P00H03M26S
Description: The Biblical tradition of giving the blessing and thus the whole inheritance to the oldest son has always signified for me the root problem of fighting for a share of finiteness, and I wrote this song as my own prayer that we might all give up that finite sense of warring over finiteness and accept Love’s infinite blessing.

The Blessing

from Lead Me to the Rock by The Solo Committee

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The Biblical tradition of giving the blessing and thus the whole inheritance to the oldest son has always signified for me the root problem of fighting for a share of finiteness, and I wrote this song as my own prayer that we might all give up that finite sense of warring over finiteness and accept Love’s infinite blessing.

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The Blessing
Words & music: Susan Booth Mack Snipes

I can’t help but wonder if there’d been enough blessing
Enough blessing for both brothers what would Esau have done?
Would hatred have stopped before it ever got started?
Would Esau have shared the wealth of the eldest son?

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We all need the blessing of our Father’s dear love.
We all need the blessing and we all need to bless.
We all need the fullness of the blessing that’s ours.
Thank goodness that our Father can never give less.

I can’t help but wonder if there’d been enough blessing
Enough blessing for both brothers what would Jacob have done?
Would deceit have stopped before it ever got started?
Would Jacob have stayed home and not had to run?

Chorus

I can’t help but wonder if there’s not enough blessing
Enough blessing for all brothers so that war can be done.
Can’t we learn from those brothers that love is the blessing
And in the end what matters is that all men are one.

Let us banish self-seeking and self-preservation,
Self-interest, self-pity, self-justification,
Self-love, self-will, and self-condemnation.
Let us say in our hearts, I have enough!

Can’t we learn from those brothers that love is the blessing?
And in the end what matters is that all men are one.

credits

from Lead Me to the Rock, released September 1, 2021
Words/Music/Lead Vocal: Susan Booth Mack Snipes
Guitar: Carey Loomis

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The Solo Committee Hernando, Florida

In May of 2001 a small group of people began holding Christian Science Sunday services on the south side of St. Louis. It was a precious group of people, and Susan, a Christian Science practitioner, decided to drag out her old guitar and write some church solos. She soon was joined by Carey and Sue Loomis and The Solo Committee was born. Over the years they have produced 11 albums. ... more