I’m so sorry for your loss. ❤️ I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been to go through it with your husband away! I had an early miscarriage in March and my husband was on a work trip, but only for a few days. I can’t imagine it being an extended situation. It was difficult because it was very early. I only knew for sure I was pregnant for two weeks. But we were so excited. People acted like… the milk in the fridge was there longer than I knew about it, so I should “move on,” quickly. God was with me though. A few weeks later I had a dream that I was in a park with the sweetest little boy (it’s odd; I’ve always wanted a girl) who had my husband’s nose and freckles and my eyes. We played together and he was outlined by the sunlight. I try to think that my mom gets a head start on being a grandmother, and she’ll be watching over my little one in heaven until I can meet them. And today my doctor told me I’m in the clear to try for a family again. My odds of another loss are still higher than for most women, due to some health issues, but it’s not enough to make him think I should avoid pregnancy. I know I’m supposed to be a mom and eventually I will have my family. The songs I Believe in Love (which utilizes the text of this song as well) and Surrender by Barlow Girl may be comforting to you. I hope time bring peace, and all the warmth, love, and comfort God can provide will bring healing. ❤

I am so sorry for you loss! I can't even imagine the pain and anguish that caused you. I pray that God has given you healing and peace, and the grace to deal with this. God Bless you!

I understand your pain and grief, and I am so sorry. From my own personal experience, we may not see or understand why, but we can rest in the faith and knowledge that we can trust Him.

Wij weten niet waarom wij ons verdrietige dingen moeten meemaken, maar er komt een dag dat wij alles begrijpen zullen. Houd hieraan vast en God zal het vertrouwen niet beschamen. Ik wens je veel kracht in deze moeilijke dagen.

Thank you for putting in the work...and the chills in MY spine. Music is my favorite way to be reminded that we are all part of somthing so vast and amazing that we have not the fuculties to notice but a small.piece of the.handiwork. The chord voicings in modern chorale can suddenly wring grief from within me that i forgot i had. You did a beautiful job..and did a great service to your fellow human being.

One of the highlights of my life was singing with this group as a college student. This song touched my heart so deeply.

Thanks so much for the lyric and the story! So moving! I needed this!

CrazeFaze Sanders i think some of their greatness has to do with how the whole choir has their dynamics down to a tee, resulting in the basses shining a lot more than we’d expect

nice!

Wow - so emotional, great song, great choir, bravo

if not the most!

Singing this in the NJ All-State Choir. Seriously a beautiful piece.

+Reid Shriver beautiful indeed. Enjoy NJ All State- great memories for me from a lifetime ago (2003-04!).

Sean Hellems they were

this song was made off those few lines that were discovered

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Thank you for teaching.

@@gabrielfigueroa8131 Yes. So few words packed with eternal meaning.

Makes you believe in the life hereafter doesn't it?

1 Corinthians 10:13 we still have suffering but God helps in time of need. Arnesen’s version of this poem which was supposedly from a wall in a concentration camp is the most powerful I’ve heard.

Beautiful sentiment. A true testament of faith. God bless you all.

I agree. Anyone who's ever said that music is not a spiritual experience doesn't know what they're talking about.

Of course there's doubt. Good to have beautiful music to listen to though.

Drill Writer dude have you ever been in a choir before??? It's truly a spiritual experience.

you're not thinking about the "credit" when it's happening

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Thank You

faith is truly an amazing gift.

Thank you for your beautiful words. May God abides with you at all times.

This is beautiful, thank you ❤

Amen! So beautiful is The Lord

Almost sounds like a harmonious note from a large church organ

Claire Decker my favorite chord ugh chills every time

If you like chord clusters I suggest you listen to Eric Whitacre. 'Water Night' has a crapton of them iirc...

it is just a C chord, but instead the E is an octave higher.

@@issacwashington789 true, but it was preformed so well.

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i wept too! Simply beautiful.

With COVID, I wasn't able to do any choral music. Now that its coming towards an 'end' of sorts, I am finally getting back to it and no one understands how thrilled I am about it. Emotional songs like this just make me feel so much.

Before COVID, I had to miss a practice for a performance with a choir for a choral festival, so I joined the cathedral's choir for a practice of theirs to work on things. This was shortly before Holy Week of 2020. I got to hear the choir practice this. Sitting in the middle of a choir of professionals and hearing this for the first time, my jaw just hung open. I ended up looking up the song and found this video. I think I've yet to listen to it without crying the first time through. And I hope that never changes.

David Wirick haha the EXACT WORDS IM THINKING!!!!!!! BRAVO

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VERY WELL PUT, DAVID, I TOTALLY AGREE

Especially with the historical record of where and how it was found. Amazing...

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I feel the same. These are the types of songs that made me want to be in choir. They are challenging musically and have such straightforward and strong messages. I can do without singing the stuff I hear on the radio all the time (what church music has turned into in my neck of the woods).

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And mine.

By understanding ..... for sure.

I was in the choir, too! So glad I got to sing this piece last night!

I was in the choir as well!!! I cried during rehearsal AND during the concert while performing this piece. ugh.

I was also in the choir. I cant stop listening to this piece

Michigan All-State HS Honors Choir 2016, we did this piece too. One of the most beautiful and especially the most meaningful choral pieces ever composed.

The New York All-State mixed choir is about to sing this too, actually. I can't stop listening!

Stephen Weigel they visited my little college in Ohio in 2005. 😍

Which is surprising considering only a few have proper and consistent vowel shape and even opening their mouths. The gal in the middle with the poodle hairdo at 0:28, the blonde on the right at 0:40 and the guy at the far left at 1:10 are showing good shape, but no so much the people around them.

Stephen Weigel This is the best choir ever. They come to Rochester every five years and I have heard them twice. They use kinesthetic methods to enhance their music even with Bach and it's wonderful!

Dr. Armstrong has great rehearsal techniques, words, lead singers sing from heart, etc. He is amazing!!

Oh, I think they're doing just fine. Actually, far better than fine. There are all sorts of ways to "make a beautiful noise." As for their technique, well.. the Kawasaki school produced a lot of musicians/instrumentalists with great technique, but musicianship was second-fiddle. This is consistently one of the premier choirs in the US if not the world. They keep sounding/performing like that, their vowel shapes and mouths can do whatever they want.

junsone19 aye me too! We're going to perform this song for the first time tomorrow :)

Actually, if you look at the sheet music, the song starts pianissimo, maybe even double pp. With that being said, they are respecting the intention of the conductor by starting the song incredibly soft. I also had to listen with earbuds.

Betty-Alexandria Pride it’s a double p I’m singing it right now!

The quality of this recording is downright poor. Such a pitty because it ruins an otherwise beautiful performance. There’s multiple drop-outs of sound... f.i. at 2:15 and 2:25. And Kelly Cbert is absolutely correct: the recording volume is simply too low.