This song has been the murmuring between my moments, day after day. Many changes lie ahead, and I am exhilarated and expectant and somewhat afraid. This calling is a gift beyond measure, and the greatest gift is His presence in our community.
To seek His face and not in vain, to be so loved and love again.
To see while kneeling at His feet, Jehovah on the mercy seat;
And Jesus, at the Lord's right hand, with His divine atonement stand!
Amen, our hearts with rapture cry!
May we with rev'rence look so high;
Ascended Savior, fix our eyes
By faith upon this glorious prize!
"Father," He cries, "I will that these before Thee on their bended knees,
For whom My life I once laid down, be with Me soon on this My throne."
Amen, our hearts with rapture cry!
May we with rev'rence look so high;
Ascended Savior, fix our eyes
By faith upon this glorious prize!
With this delightful prospect fired, we'll run, nor in Thy ways be tired;
And all the trials here we see, will make us long to reign with Thee.
Amen, our hearts with rapture cry!
May we with rev'rence look so high;
Ascended Savior, fix our eyes
By faith upon this glorious prize!
Joseph Swain, 1770s
Clint Wells and Karl Digerness, 2009
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