Rick Lee James wrote this devotional song for hospital chaplains and healthcare workers. Each patient is a "living document" or "letter from the Lord," and the song asks God for the spiritual sight to recognize His face in suffering and healing. From a newborn's first cry to a patient's last breath, the hospital corridor becomes sacred ground.
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me in these hospitable walls. Being quick to listen, slow in what I say.
God, please let a word that's heard come from you today. And I wonder, where will you be found today? In the In the healing of a sinner, in the suffering of a saint.
Every soul that I will meet today is a soul that Christ adores.
Every living human document is a letter from the Lord.
In the sickness and the suffering, we can find The face of God.
Give me eyes to see the holy ground I'm on as I walk these halls.
I look into these faces, every color, race, and creed. I see the eyes The eyes of Jesus staring back at me.
When death is all around us, we must choose to see the light.
A faith that walks in darkness has to hold fast to the light.
And I wonder, where will you be found today? Will I see Christ in the suffering?
And will they see him in me? Every soul that I will meet today is a soul that Christ adores.
Every living human document is a letter from the Lord. In the sickness and the suffering, We can find the face of God. Give me eyes to see the holy ground I'm on as I walk these halls. From the infant's cry until death's last sigh, we move on this sacred ground. And we hold out hope as we walk these halls at the mercy of our God.
Every soul that we will meet today is a soul that Christ adores.
Every living human document is a letter from the Lord. In the sickness and the suffering, we can find
