Consider the Lilies
by Roger Hoffman
Regarding the experience of writing "Consider the Lilies", Roger Hoffman relates the following: "...I could not contain my feelings. The loving presence who sat there with me was so powerful that I was overcome. (Indeed, for the rest of the day I felt somewhat removed from this mortal sphere). My soul vibrated with the message I had just written, for my own suffering and weakness had been taken in hand by the Wonderful Counselor, and where once there was darkness, light by light, strand by strand, He rewove the fabric of my heart with threads of purest gold, so that my afflictions and sympathies have been, in a marvelous manner, retrained to be more like Him."
Consider the lilies of the field--
how they grow, how they grow.
Consider the birds of the sky--
how they fly, how they fly.
He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the birds in the sky
and He will feed those who trust Him
and Guide them with His eye.
Consider the sheep of his fold--
how they follow where he leads.
Thou the path may wind across the mountains,
He knows the meadows where they feed.
He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the birds in the sky
and He will feed those who trust Him
and Guide them with His eye.
Consider the sweet tender children
who must suffer on this earth.
The pains of all of them he carried
from the day of his birth.
He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the lambs of his fold
and He will heal those who trust Him
and make their hearts as gold.
He clothes the lilies of the field.
He feeds the lambs of his fold
and He will heal those who trust Him
and make their hearts as gold.
7 comments:
I haven't heard this song for quite a while...
It's still as beautiful as I remember.
I really love that song. The message is so important, too. I loved reading what you found about the composer.
This is one of my favorite songs. I love it especially as a female solo.
I had never really listened to this song until our ward choir sang it and I played the piano. I learned to love it then.
This is one of my ALL TIME favorites. Mo-tab or a solo in church, I am touched every single time I hear it. BECAUSE of the words.
I love this song too. I sang that when I was 16, with another girl in my ward , as a duet, for a stake Young Womens event......
wow.......that was like a lifetime ago.
the words are powerful
Mormon Tabernacle Choir does it so beautifully
This is one of those songs that was completely lost on me in my younger days. Now, however, it's so beautiful and has such meaning. Thanks for the uplifting post!
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