Blessed Are from Speak Boldly by Spencer LaJoye
"Blessed Are" is the first song I wrote while serving Evergreen Christian Church in partnership with Juniper Formation. The lectionary reading that week was Luke 6:17-26 (the beatitudes). I wanted to use this popular set of blessings to remind this congregation that though they be worried, though they be exhausted, though they have uncertainty about their future as a church...their roots and tradition and belovedness run much deeper than they know.
Tracklist
| 4. | Blessed Are | 3:43 |
Lyrics
Our veins run much further and deeper than we know
In the soil by the stream
And when the heat comes to melt all that casts a shadow
We’ll be seen
Our voices are louder and older than we are
Spoken into everything
And when the wind comes to blow away all the static
We will sing
Blessed are the weeping
Blessed are the hated ones
Blessed are the worried
Blessed are the shunned
Blessed are,
Blessed ones, your time will come
Our roots are much deeper and stronger than we know
Woven into every seam
And when the snow freezes all but the fabric of things
We’ll be free
Blessed are the weeping
Blessed are the hated ones
Blessed are the worried
Blessed are the shunned
Blessed are,
Blessed ones, your time will come
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Spencer LaJoye is a singer/songwriter from the Midwest making queer indie folk music for everyone. The 2021 Kerrville Songwriting Competition and 2024 Songwriter Serenade winner spins crystalline vocals through a loop pedal while strumming an acoustic guitar in charming, banter-heavy performances that keep audiences laughing one moment and weeping the next.