Mrs. Mary Sprayberry

From her Memorial Service, Riverwood Bible Church,
September 14, 2007:

Mary Ellen Sprayberry

July 13, 1951-September 11, 2007

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What a privilege to have known Mary Ellen Sprayberry. Mary impacted her world with her soft touch of joy, color and laughter. Wife, mother, friend, child of God; Mary occupied all of these roles and she did it with distinction and delight. her arms were most often around someone, if not literally then figuratively. Mary found the world a place that needed cheering up and she did it by being herself. Her kitchen was not only a place of nourishment for her dear family, but also a place for untold number of young people to pass through and be nurtured and love and cared for. When you had Mary's attention, you were her whole world. Mary will be missed. Deeply missed. But what a privilege to have known her, and to have loved her, and to have been touched by her spirit.

Mary's Life Verse:
"...you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."
Matthew 22:37

The Valley Song:

You have led me to the sadness

I have carried this pain

On a back bruised, nearly broken

I'm crying out to You

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Chorus

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I will sing of Your mercy

That leads me through valleys of sorrow

To rivers of joy

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When death, like a gypsy

Comes to steal what I love

I will still look to the heavens

I will still seek your face

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But I fear You aren't listening

Because there are no words

Just the stillness and the hunger

For a faith that assures

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Chorus

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Alleluia, alleluia

Alleluia, alleluia

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While we wait for rescue

With our eyes tightly shut

Face to the ground using our hands

To cover the fatal cut

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Though the pain is an ocean

Tossing us around, around, around

You have calmed greater waters

Higher mountains have come down

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Chorus

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Yeah

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Alleluia, alleluia

Alleluia, alleluia

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Alleluia, alleluia alleluia, alleluia,

Alleluia, alleluia alleluia, alleluia

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Chorus

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Oh, Lord sing of Your mercy,

Mercy, Your mercy

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--by Jars of Clay

(c) 2003 Bridge Building Music