God's resurrection way (Vol 1 No 47)
I look about, and when I do, I see the wondrous sight
Of the cycles of the cosmos, changing darkness into light;
When I ponder on this miracle, I’m swamped with great delight;
God’s resurrection way!
Smiled upon by resurrection,
We are blest with resurrection;
We observe that resurrection
Is God’s renewing way.
We know from nature’s methods and from everything of worth,
From the seasons and the life-force that replenishes the earth,
That it’s from a death and dying comes the process of re-birth;
God’s resurrection way!
Nature clothed in resurrection;
Death to life is resurrection;
Life is lived through resurrection;
It’s God’s renewing way.
In the stories of the Christ, the empty tomb is still a sign
Pointing to the living presence as it is with bread and wine;
In his life and death and then beyond, he does, for us, define
God’s resurrection way.
Let us practise resurrection;
We can live by resurrection;
When we practise resurrection
Christ lives again today.
Every time our friends and neighbors try to conquer rising pain,
After glimpsing death and grieving or locked up in fear’s domain,
We are bound to them and Jesus, as we struggle we regain
God’s resurrection way.
We are offered resurrection;
We can practise resurrection;
We can live by resurrection
Tomorrow and today.
Tune Battle Hymn AHB 205(ii) TiS 315
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