Introduction, Traditional Service, January 15, 2012
St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Florissant, MO

 We look outward. We search the scriptures. 
 We yearn for knowledge 
 that we may grow in God’s love. 
 And the knowledge that comes to us is humility, 
 that God is beyond what we can know. 
 
 We look inward. We search the human soul. 
 We yearn for wisdom 
 that we may grow in God’s love. 
 And the wisdom that comes to us is humility, 
 that God is beyond what we can imagine. 
 
 We look upward. We pray with heart and soul. 
 We yearn for the strength to grow in God’s love. 
 And the strength that comes to us in our humility, 
 comes from love beyond what we can hold. 
 
 Our strength is renewed. 
 And we continue the journey home. 

Newer Version by John and Andrew Eastmond,
also based on Isaiah 40:31