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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄?
𝗦𝗼 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀;
𝗜 𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘄
𝗧𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗺.

𝗛𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲
𝗔𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁,
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀;
𝗕𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁.

𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻
𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗯,
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗻;
𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗯.

𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲
𝗔𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹’𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁;
𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀’ 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁.

𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱
𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗲
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱
𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗻.

𝗢𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺, 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵–
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀,
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘀—
𝗨𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀—
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗛𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀.

𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀–
𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲
𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁.

𝗜𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴
𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝗺 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴.

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭
𝐓𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐤–𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬,
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡
𝐁𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡
𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞.

𝐖𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞–
𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝
𝐓𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝
𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐁𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐧–𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞–
𝐁𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧, 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭,
𝐘𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝
𝐁𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝.

I see before me all those fields of green
Are interspersed with trees and gardens fair
And mountains, deserts can be clearly seen,
But no place here is found the Devil’s lair.

For I am glimpsing heaven’s paradise
Where earth to heaven by His hand is raised–
Makes Eden new that’s free from every vice
Where angels and His saints all give Him praise.

And I see all those there who’re dear to me,
My mom and dad and all who’ve passed before;
With my sweet wife, together bend our knees
To Triune Love who’s opened wide the door.

So forward now I look with heart made light
For I have glimpsed that what’s ahead is life. 

In glory on this day, three see His face,
A portent of what will in future come
For Him and all the members of our race
Who’ll rise with Him and their true selves become.

In suffering He must first each one re-make
And cleanse each image made in purity
But fallen into sin in Adam’s wake–
Made clean when we to Him will bend our knee.

The suffering of each one is joined with His,
And sin is buried deep within His grave;
Then we will see His glory in what is,
For all creation and each one He saves.

His risen glory is for them displayed
In Him who is our Life and Truth and Way. 

Where is this chosen mountain where God dwells,
A place where peace and mercy always reign,
Where it will be as though we never fell
And we another chance will have again?

Can mountain of the Lord within us be
Where God comes down and wreathes our hearts in smoke?
Will Spirit’s breath come open eyes to see
The truth that in His Son He to us spoke?

His smoke, a gentle breeze, brings clarity;
His wisdom in our hearts will ever live
And brings to us His heaven’s surety–
Another chance to each He’ll always give.

The beauty His breath brings takes ours away;
His love in our hearts ever will hold sway. 

May we in holy truth from You delight,
For promise from You is a dream come true,
Becoming real as dawn dispels our night
And beauty of Your truth comes into view.

For holy truth is love You have for us
That penetrates our flesh and wakes our hearts
To cast away old Eden with its lusts–
Make Eden new intended from the start.

Your love and truth shine forth from manger low
Where Mary and her Joseph keep their watch
O’er Babe descended to us here below
To rescue us who are the Devil’s catch.

For Devil cannot stand both truth and love
That raises Eden new to heav’n above. 

You came to me to strengthen memory;
My conscience, reason Adam buried deep
When in him I succumbed to reverie
Of Satan’s lie and tried to make them sleep.

Though drowsy they may be, they’re still awake,
When splashed by waters in your holy fount
They kneel at Holy Table and await
Your Body, Blood raised high on cross You mount.

You lift our eyes from serpent’s deadly snare
To world of angels from whence spirits come
On breath breathed in our clay to ‘lumine here
All Eden, make it part of heaven’s home.

Old Eden’s mem’ry, conscience, reason call,
And Jesus hears and wakes them from their fall.