GOD WILL NOT LET US GO

God will not let us go;
we know this from the past.
God's love will far outlast
oooour highest expectation.
We've seen it through the years,
in joys and helpless tears:
oooa steady confirmation.

God's Word explains the love
that seals the bond of peace,
and offers full release
ooofrom conflict's sad division.
We shrink from love's demands,
but God's pure love expands
ooobeyond our comprehension.

God's love will stand secure
when war and violence rage;
when fire and flood engage
oooin sweeping devastation.
Though fear can hide the face,
no loss can test the grace
oooof God, the Great Physician.

God's love will never fail,
we trust from hour to hour;
rest only in its power
oooin all of life's transition.
Our future is not clear,
except that God is near,
oooand God will be our vision.

6.6.67.6.67
Tune: NATHAN (Full score)(Melody only)

The Poetry Church Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2007 (Sung at the C. S. Lewis Foundation Conference, San Diego, CA, June 28, 2007)

THE OCCASIONAL FIRE

POEMS
Life Scroll
Spirit Wings
Death in the Family
Flight Chief
Legacy
Honeymoon Photo, October, 1939
49 Chevy
The Seed of Me
Land of Rest
On Allison's Leaving
Telecom's Bequest
Starbucks, Tuesday, 3:36 p.m.
Action Still
Vital Meaning
Fools

HYMNS
God will not let us go
The rising sun blazed out of night
Light! Light! A shattering light
Worship the Lord
As a doe

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