01/11/2025
The Eternal Flame
Before the dawn, before the turning sphere,
Your Love, O God, was real, established here.
No mortal measure bounds its endless reach,
A truth beyond the grasp of human speech.
A constant flame that time can never dim,
The perfect light reflected from within.
It is the bedrock where the spirit stands,
Unmoved by shifting seas or sliding sands.
A perfect grace, a boundless, vital spring,
From which all life and timeless beauty swing.
No passing fancy, but a covenant deep,
A promise that Your constant heart will keep.
How great our thanks, what praise can we afford,
To know the presence of our Living Lord?
To be called forth from dust to bear Your light,
To walk within Your glory, day and night.
The seeds of grace within our nature sown,
To share the life that only You have known.
In this divine and vast exchange we find,
A peace that calms the storm within the mind.
Your Love is Real, Your Love is Evermore,
And we rejoice upon Your sacred shore,
For this great gift, this hope that makes us free,
To live eternally, O God, with Thee.
