This Grace
Song ten on The Calling of a Priest
This Grace. (Ephesians 3). I wrote This Grace on 23 Jan. 2006 in response to reading Ephesians 3, weaving in the life and calling of our family. The purpose of Jesus' calling and His calling on us this: that we might know God (be reconciled to Him), the love of God, and the unsearchable riches of our Lord Jesus Christ. It was His calling to make this available to us, and it is ours as well, to first of all know the unsearchable riches of Christ ourselves, and to share it with others. And while there had already been difficulties and griefs along the way when I wrote the song, and many changes and other difficulties and griefs since then, there have also been “tastes of heavenly things”, friends gained, many joys and blessings. Now, as then, I still would not trade this grace, this life He has given me for another one. I wouldn't trade the friends I've made along the way and the experience I've had of knowing Him and His love in all the different places this road has lead me through, all this grace that He has given me.
This Grace Lyrics
Paul is a servant of this gospel
And, I guess, we are, too
Though less than the least of all God's people
We've been given this grace to share with you
The unsearchable riches of our Lord Jesus Christ
Who died to give us life
And we live it in the cold and the ice
Of this place where we were called to sacrifice
What we thought we wanted, to gain the things that never die
Winters are long, summers short and sweet
Giving us a taste of those heavenly things
And the friends we've gained are like feathers in wings
That lift us up so high
On Your breath of life
And I wouldn't trade it for anything
This Grace, This Life, that You've given me.
I don't know what You're doing through us
Sometimes we're so close that we cannot see
But I believe somehow You must be using
our joys our sorrows our sufferings
To show the unsearchable riches of our Lord Jesus Christ
Who died to give us life
And we live it in the cold and the ice
Of this place where we are called to sacrifice
What we thought we wanted, to gain the joys of life
Winters are long, summers short and sweet
Drink deep and taste of those heavenly things
And the friends we've gained are like feathers in wings
That lift us up so high
On Your breath of life…
And I wouldn't trade it for anything
This Grace, This Life, that You've given me.
And I kneel before the Father
From whom we get our name
And I pray that out of His riches
He will work in you His strength
To know together with all the saints
How wide and long and high and deep
Is the love, the love of Christ
And to know this love that's beyond knowing
That you may be filled to overflowing
With the fulness of our God who gives us life
And we live it in the cold and the ice
Of this place where we are called to sacrifice
What we thought we wanted, to gain the things that never die
Winters are long, summers short and sweet
Giving us a taste of those heavenly things
And the friends we've gained are like feathers in wings
That lift us up so high
On Your breath of life
And I wouldn't trade it for anything
This Grace, This Life, that You've given me.
And we live it in the cold and the ice
(And I kneel before the Father)
Of this place where we were called to sacrifice
(From whom we get our name)
What we thought we wanted, to gain the things that never die
(And I pray that out of His riches He will work in you His strength)
Winters are long, summers short and sweet
(To know together with all the saints)
Giving us a taste of those heavenly things
(How wide and long and high and deep)
And the friends we've gained are like feathers in wings
(is the love)
That lift us up so high
(the love of Christ)
On Your breath of life
And I wouldn't trade it for anything
This Grace, This Life, that You've given me
This Grace, This Life that You've given me
This Grace, This Life
that You've given me.
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