Oh God, forever glorified above, No words remain in any tongue on earth For anything the years have spoken of Since words became a way to measure worth. The years have seen your acts from age to age As they are born and die and you remain Beyond the binds…
You set in motion love and life and laws For we who live like reckless fools below. Without your presence here we fail because Our nature has no knowledge where to go. We are without your love like empty shells Scattered on the sand and blown about In vapors fading,…
And here beyond the universe you dwell, Setting into motion clouds and rain, Taking into hand and shaping well The mountains curving upwards from the plain. So vast that men have set no foot to rest On every rock and crag and waterfall Among them. Let your worthy heart be…
You fought for those who spurned you without cause, With power like a warrior to defeat The chains and swords and fire, without pause Or thought for your own pain as you were beat By human hands and whips and thorns and breath. While hidden from the eyes of men…
You are the God whose love defeated Hell, You are the God who loves us mortal men To greater lengths than any culture tells Of its own gods. Your love exceeds again What any text explains in simple words. You live beyond the pages of a book Or stories from…
While all the wounds of death within us heal, You are at work to vanquish all our foes-- To trample enemies and bid them kneel, To bring them bitterness and countless woes. At last has the accuser lost his place Beside the throne to point and to deride. Justice has…
We must be content with chaos spurned For all the tortured hope that holds us fast. The face of death has gazed on us and turned To darkness, for the light in us will last. We walk your fields and sail your seas unknown To carry hope to men as…
We cannot speak the depth of what we feel, Despite that words and feelings in our blood Are flowing like your face has been revealed, And at the barest touch you are a flood. Yes, you created logic, reason, minds, And gave us wills to conquer foolish hearts, To leave…