You Open Up Your Hands

So they said to him,

“What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? 

What can you do? 

Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:

    He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

So Jesus said to them,

“Amen, amen, I say to you,

it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;

my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 

For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven

and gives life to the world.”

John 6:24-35

You open up your hands
and pour your blessings down:
The strength to walk these desert lands
lies scattered on the ground.
We gather what you send—
Lord, help us turn from doubt
to trust tomorrow, once again,
your manna will abound.

The vale our road leads through 
is full of fears and harms,
but Father, you are ever true
through all of our alarms.
Not Moses, but from you
the bread of heaven comes;
then by its fullness, draw us to
the welcome in your arms.

And though we may rebel
upon this lifelong road,
still we must all these wonders tell
in every place we go:
how rocks become our wells
and springs burst forth from stones,
and daily bread from heaven fell
to bring us to your throne!