Salvation Saturday

2004

How lovely is your dwelling place,
   O LORD Almighty!
I pray that Alyssa and Kyle's soul yearns, even faints,
   for the courts of the LORD;
and their hearts and flesh cry out
   for the living God.
Even the sparrow has found a home,
   and the swallow a nest for herself,
   where she may have her young—
a place near your altar,
   O LORD Almighty, Alyssa and Kyle's King
and Alyssa and Kyle God.
Blessed are Alyssa and Kyle
  as they dwell in your house;
   and are ever praising you.
               
Blessed are Alyssa and Kyle whose strength is in you,
   who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
   they make it a place of springs;
   the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
I pray that Alyssa and Kyle will go from strength to strength,
   till each appears before You in Zion.
Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty;
   listen to me, O God of Jacob.
                
Look upon our shield, O God;
   look with favor on your anointed ones.
Better is one day in your courts
   than a thousand elsewhere;
 I pray that Alyssa and Kyle's would rather be a doorkeeper
in the house of their God
   than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
For You LORD God are a sun and shield;
   and You bestow favor and honor;
no good thing do You withhold
   from those whose walk is blameless.
O LORD Almighty,
   blessed are Alyssa and Kyle as they trust in you.