whirlingmerc
Puritan Board Sophomore
Not so much written to sing... but to help see why the popular song could be more God centered
some suggested opportunities for improvement
Above all Powers: Love pleased love, loving even me
(lyrics fix attempt of a popular Christian song ):
Before all others, there God, the one
And in that glory was love between father and a son
Communion. joy majesty and care
it would fill eternity to share.
chorus
Coming from the throne joy poured out a song,
worlds were born to make His story known
Painting praise through stars and mouths of littlest ones,
and roses reflecting his glory, ruined and fallen on the ground, He picked them up, breathed on them then wove into His crown.
He picked me up and wove me into His crown.
love pleased love to love even me
Before any angel or any star
Before any creature would magnify his worth
There were heights and depths and breadths in God
it would take profound mercy to show.
(may read... or skip)
I heard God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life
I thought his gifts were all about me
But I was wrong
(may read for contrast)
Before all confusion, before all tears,
Before all sadness and the hunger games began
Before my fears, my prayer, before my highest hopes
Love pleased love to make a way for me to come home
Death will die A bride prepared for a beloved son
Purified, radiant and in love
Emptied himself, despising my thorns and for joy laid his own life down
(sing)
Crucified, laid behind a stone
Lived to die, rejected and alone
My shield, guide and friend picked me up and leads me on
, a prize for his name sake, to heights of Himself
I treasure him, he treasures me
I am His and the one from, through, to and for are all things,
He is mine
(may read for contrast)
You make the going out of morning and evening shout for joy
that hearts at the ends of this earth may be in awe of your work
Yet so much more will the sunset and sunrise of the Son of God
fill hearts with marveling, love mercy, and praise into the ages of the ages
Beyond all
chorus
Coming from the throne joy poured out a song,
worlds were born to make His story known
Painting praise through stars and mouths of littlest ones,
and roses reflecting his glory, ruined and fallen on the ground, He picked them up, breathed on them then wove into His crown.
He picked me up and wove me into His crown.
love pleased love to love even me
some suggested opportunities for improvement
Above all Powers: Love pleased love, loving even me
(lyrics fix attempt of a popular Christian song ):
Before all others, there God, the one
And in that glory was love between father and a son
Communion. joy majesty and care
it would fill eternity to share.
chorus
Coming from the throne joy poured out a song,
worlds were born to make His story known
Painting praise through stars and mouths of littlest ones,
and roses reflecting his glory, ruined and fallen on the ground, He picked them up, breathed on them then wove into His crown.
He picked me up and wove me into His crown.
love pleased love to love even me
Before any angel or any star
Before any creature would magnify his worth
There were heights and depths and breadths in God
it would take profound mercy to show.
(may read... or skip)
I heard God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life
I thought his gifts were all about me
But I was wrong
(may read for contrast)
Before all confusion, before all tears,
Before all sadness and the hunger games began
Before my fears, my prayer, before my highest hopes
Love pleased love to make a way for me to come home
Death will die A bride prepared for a beloved son
Purified, radiant and in love
Emptied himself, despising my thorns and for joy laid his own life down
(sing)
Crucified, laid behind a stone
Lived to die, rejected and alone
My shield, guide and friend picked me up and leads me on
, a prize for his name sake, to heights of Himself
I treasure him, he treasures me
I am His and the one from, through, to and for are all things,
He is mine
(may read for contrast)
You make the going out of morning and evening shout for joy
that hearts at the ends of this earth may be in awe of your work
Yet so much more will the sunset and sunrise of the Son of God
fill hearts with marveling, love mercy, and praise into the ages of the ages
Beyond all
chorus
Coming from the throne joy poured out a song,
worlds were born to make His story known
Painting praise through stars and mouths of littlest ones,
and roses reflecting his glory, ruined and fallen on the ground, He picked them up, breathed on them then wove into His crown.
He picked me up and wove me into His crown.
love pleased love to love even me
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