We Shall Abide

Our hearts need to beÝ broken by grace

For the world all their chambers fills

Drain out the world and with it replace

With an abandoned and hungering will.

So easily we get off track

So hard it is to make it back.

Set our ploughs toward your horizon

Renew our sense of vision

And remove from view that which would distract.

Make the distant mark shine bright

Set our hearts and set our sights

On the One thing that will alone suffice

We would see how to abide in Christ.

Show us how

Show us now

Reveal the truth that sets us free

Show us here

Make it clear

Open the eyes of our hearts so we can see.

There is no other sacrifice,

There is no other plea

The veil is rent and opened wide

In the hope of glory we shall abide.

Anthony Foster

May 16, 2006