Rhema

“I don't read it as a historical book.

I don't read it as, "Well, that's good advice."

I let it speak to me in other ways.

They call it the rhema. It's a hard word to translate from Greek,

but it sort of means it

changes in the moment you're in.

It seems to do that for me”.

 

Bono-Rolling Stone, October 20, 2005

 

Written For Bono January-2006

Featuring David Mikeal

 

I love the colors of black and white

I know the difference between wrong and right

Ah, these words, oh these words, they speak to me

 

There are no gray lines in this life

I can see through the darkness with this light

These words, oh these words, they warm my soul

 

It’s only rhema

It’s my choice to understand

It’s only rhema

It’s my right to lend a hand

 

It’s my will to live by the meaning within

And find all ways to eliminate sin

There’s no disclaimer, it’s only rhema

 

Time has passed yet these words still live

We’re blessed to know what these words can

give

Oh this message, oh this message, is so clear

 

So I’ll read them over and over again

Wherever I am, whatever shape I’m in

Oh these words have more power than gold

And somehow they keep me, under control

 

It’s only rhema, it’s my choice to understand

It’s only rhema, it’s my right to lend a hand

It’s my right to live by the meaning within

And find all ways to eliminate sin

There’s no disclaimer, it’s only rhema

 

It’s only rhema

Only rhema

 

Ó2006 Jeffrey P. Bosworth (Boz)

Lyrics Reprinted Only By Permission

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