Past and Future

Our yesterdays we think are come and gone,
And yet they still can plague us to this day
Until the Lord within us says, “Begone!”
When He forgives our sin and has His way.

Our home that is to come is present now
In Word and Sacrament where Jesus lives;
Through water, bread, and wine He keeps His vow
To claim each one of us as always His.

In water, Spirit comes to through us flow,
And bread becomes His Body, wine His Blood,
So real world with Him we forever know
As we stand ‘neath the Cross where Mary stood.

We live in present and eternity
With mem’ries of the past and future dreams,
And Son of God decides what is to be
As past and future He in us redeems.

Through death we pass to resurrected life
With Him who seeks Himself to each one give,
And darkness in each one gives way to light
As we with all redeemed His new life live.