Anthem for Sunday October 25, 20098
For the Sermon "Radiant Faith"
RADIANT FAITH
Music and words by Nancy Rexford
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I once was lost . . .
Without a path, without a light
I lived my life in needless night.
I couldn’t see the way ahead
So every step I took in dread.All I could see with my darkened eye
Was that my plans had gone awry.
Inside my head, I replayed the past:
The tawdry drama, the faulty cast.Though every day there was light renewed,
I shut it out with my bitter mood.
I wouldn’t look at the hand of love
Held out to save me from above.But then one day when all was bleak,
I felt the wind upon my cheek.
The scent of morning filled the air -
I breathed and meant it as a prayer.And then God pulled the veil away
To let me see the shining day.
I once was blind, but now I see
For radiant faith illumines me.
I have a path, I have a light,
I have a helper to find the right.
When I am doubtful what to do,
I know that love will pull me through.When I look out on the living earth
I see the mind of God at work.
And in my homely neighbor’s face
I see the kindliness of grace.How could I only have seen the worst
Before my vision was reversed?
Is it the world that’s made anew?
Or is it God’s own eyes I’m looking through?The world’s a rare and wondrous place
When seen with eyes unlocked by grace
Alive with faith, God’s holy leaven,
The world I live in now is heaven.For when God pulled the veil away
I stepped out into glorious day.
I once was blind, but now I see
For radiant faith illumines me.I once was lost . . . but now I see.
