In the Volume of the Book

The pages of life are quickly read

And when it’s all done and when its all said

They’re turning so quickly then your life’s through

Your days disappear like the morning dew

Your story goes on you just can’t pretend

That you know for sure when it will all end

And when it is over you will surely stand

To account for the life placed in your hand….

All those lines that you’ve regretted -He can erase

And He’ll write a love song in their place

We become His message and the story goes on

Compelling and telling the world of the Son

An adventure story , a thriller or be

A romance of righteousness for the world to see

You can write your own story upon the sand

Or be inscribed upon the palm of His hand (Is 49:16)

Your life becomes a holy mystery

An epic saga of your life's history

For God is a wordsmith but he will not write

A single word ‘til you come into the light.

He’ll write His words on His tablet, your heart

By the finger of God let your life become Art

He'll write for you a new name on a stone

In the stories He writes all His blessings are shown…

He’ll exchange His assurance for your strife

Write your name once for all in the Lamb’s book of Life

A glorious gift you must dare to receive

It comes only through faith to all who'll believe

For in the book of life every phrase

Is another story of glory and praise

Every milepost a chapter, a new episode

Another redemption upon life’s road

Each stage of the journey another God story

A book of life filled to the praise of His glory

Memoirs of the mystery revealed in man

Each chapter's an episode in Jesus's plan…

Anthony Foster 2001