Ruach Breath Of Life

As we invite the Lord into the deep places of our heart in this meditation, we are accompanied by a traditional tune called ‘To danton me.’ ‘Danton’ (or daunton or daunten) is an old Scots word meaning ‘to frighten, subdue, discourage or cast down in spirit.’ How blessed we are to be able to ask for the waters that Jesus gives us, for they spring up to eternal life, whatever our inward temperament, flowing over and around challenging outward circumstances even as mighty waters either wear rocks to pieces or flow around them. Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Saviour and my God. (Ps. 42:5,11) Music: Barsanti: To danton me Musicians: Francis Cummings, Catherine Muncey, Natalie Halliday, James Horsfall Father, come deep into the recesses of our heart. Come into those places that rarely, if ever, see the light of love, the places that we try to enclose and enfold in as if we could hide them from Your sight. We say, let Your light, the