a resemblance
unintentional.
In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
Though at first they lay in formlessness,
He knew their final worth.
Clothed in power and majesty,
in garments made of light,
As darkness fled before him,
he divided day from night.
He fastened earth's foundations,
laid its corners stone,
He shut the sea behind its doors
and made its boundaries known.
He spoke of grass and herbs
and trees and seeds that fall and fly.
And roots thrust deep into the earth
an d branches to the sky.
And the chorus of the morning stars
And the shouts of heaven's suns
Resound throughout the sky -fields
While the work of God is done
And as He sows His words like jewels
In a rainbow falling down
The garden is perfection,
and awaits creation's crown.
Then in glory unimaginable,
the Lord himself is here.
He kneels and there beneath his hands,
a man from dust appears.
He lifts Him gently in His arms,
breathes into His soul,
Praises Him to stand upright, complete,
and free and whole.
And the man looks round in wonder
At the world that's now his own
Everything that's touched and seen
Is beauty yet unknown
With a joy that has no bounds
and knows no fear of end
Every evening in its coolness
he walks there with his friend
The power that formed the universe
was but a token of his might.
It was love that gave us ears to hear
and eyes to see the light.
It's love that gave us breath.
It is love that gave us birth.
It's love that flung the stars,
and it is love that spins the earth.
And when at last this vastness,
like a worn -out robe, rolled,
And the new creation's children
watch their heart's desires unfold
Then love will reign forever
through our God and King and Friend
And as it was in the beginning,
it shall be without end
As it was in the beginning,
shall be without end
As it was in the beginning,
shall be without en d you