General (Vol. 3)
Living and Speaking
- I cannot live
But yet cannot express
The meaning of this love and helplessness:
These forces are so far beyond my grasp,
They are too wild and wondrous that they fly
Or flimsy lie within a broken clasp. - Yet I will strive
to witness Your intent
In simple words which only represent:
How else shall Your love thrive in worldly guise
Unless we risk the word that reaches out,
Not frightened to be thought and called unwise. - You are the love
From which all love is wrought;
You are the Grace with which our souls are bought:
Your pearls of judgment set in mercy's seal
Shine but enshrine the secrets of our heart
And yet impart by what they must conceal. - You are our Hope
As long as Faith Survives;
Our service springs from life Your service gives:
Faith, hope and love each nourished by Your Grace
By love which knows no limit in its pain
To touch our hearts and make redemption plain.