Love in a Thousand Quiet Ways

I was there when this song came to life, working on it with Topher and Kristy, listening to their voices bring every little moment of kindness and love into the music.

I thought I knew the song inside out. But somewhere along the way, it touched me more deeply than I expected.

So I wanted to sing it, too. Not to make it better or different, but simply to let these beautiful words pass through my own voice.

Love in a Thousand Quiet Ways
In the ordinary light

Written & Composed by Christopher Reed
Performed by Minzer C. Lee

https://streetvoice.com/ChristopherR/songs/888763/

Someone leaves a light on by the door
For someone coming home too late
Someone saves a seat beside the window
And never minds how long they wait

A stranger holds the door a little longer
A friend calls just to hear your voice
And sometimes love is nothing more
Than staying when you have a choice

We keep looking for a miracle
Somewhere beyond the blue
But maybe all the light we need
Is shining through me and you

In the ordinary light
In the little things we do
In a hand that reaches out
When the world forgets about you

There's a kindness we can give
There's a hope we can hold on to
And maybe heaven isn't far away
Maybe it's right here with you

Someone sits beside a hospital bed
And talks about the day outside
Someone says, "You don't have to be strong"
And stays until the tears have dried

A child gives away her only flower
To someone she has never known
And for a moment, in a crowded world
Nobody has to stand alone

We don't have to move a mountain
We don't have to part the sea
Sometimes all it takes is someone
Being there for you and me

In the ordinary light
In the little things we do
In a hand that reaches out
When the world forgets about you

There's a kindness we can give
There's a hope we can hold on to
And maybe heaven isn't far away
Maybe it's right here with you

I may never have the answers
To the hurt we cannot mend

But I can sit beside you
Till the darkness finds its end

And when my own light fades away
I hope somebody stays
To remind me love is still alive
In a thousand quiet ways

In the ordinary light
Where the broken hearts belong
Where a simple act of kindness
Can help someone carry on

We don't have to see an angel
We don't need the skies above
To love another person
Is to see the face of God

In the ordinary light
In the things we say and do
If there's a little heaven here
I see it when I look at you.