One Life

One life is not enough

So we shall see forever

With one purpose in mind

Our ties with sin to sever

And then true purpose we shall find.

One life is not enough

To apprehend His glory

To know His worth

To know His victory

And so His kingdom comes to earth.

One life is all weíre given

To receive the life beyond

One life to be forgiven

To take on His precious bonds.

One life to live within the light

To be redeemed and be made right

All this life is a gift in which we trust.

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.

One life is not enough

To render all the praise

One tongue to speak

One voice to raise.

One heart and mind with which to seek.

One life is not enough

So we shall gain eternity

To pray and praise

On our knees, yes on our knees

Worshipping the ancient of days.

One life is all weíre given

To receive the life beyond

One life to be forgiven

To take on His precious bonds.

One life to live within the light

To be redeemed and be made right

To be declared righteous and just

All this life is a gift in which we trust.

Anthony Foster

December 14, 2009

New Jerusalem

The new Jerusalem. The new Jerusalem

Where the lamb is the light and the tree of life grows

And the stream of living water flows and flows and flows

With a stone and a new name, in the new Jerusalem.

Oh blessed day when it descends- the new Jerusalem.

To be changed into the likeness

Of the risen lamb

To be transformedÝ into righteousness

Forever to stand

In the presence of the most High

Or to fall upon our face

Before the awesome throne of grace.

The new Jerusalem. The new Jerusalem

Where the lamb is the light and the tree of life grows

And the stream of living water flows and flows and flows

With a stone and a new name, in the new Jerusalem.

Oh blessed day when it descends- the new Jerusalem.

Now as we celebrate his birth

We see the portent of his worth

In the now and in the not yet

In the future thatís already set.

The earth by glory is consumed

The day Godís rose has fully bloomed.

In His Incarnation we see the sign to come

For the final Word is said and done.

Anthony Foster

December 14, 2009