I
God looks over creation, watching,
day after day, observing.
Humbly He hides Himself,
tasting this human life,
watching man's every deed.
Who has truly offered themselves to God?
Who has ever pursued the truth?
Who has taken God earnestly,
kept promises made,
and followed their duty to God?
Who has ever let God dwell inside them?
Who has valued God
as they would their own life?
Who has ever seen His full divine being,
or been willing to touch God Himself?
When people sink in the waters,
God saves them.
When they cannot face life,
God lifts them
and gives them
the courage to live again,
and gives them a second chance.
So they will take Him
as their foundation.
When they disobey, God takes this chance
to let them know Him.
II
God sees people's old nature,
and in mercy allows them a chance
to repent and receive a new start.
So long as they have one breath left,
God will save them from death.
How many times have people seen
His reaching hands?
How often the kindness in His eyes?
And have felt all the while
the smile on His face?
And how many times have they witnessed
His wrath or majesty?
When people sink in the waters,
God saves them.
When they cannot face life,
God lifts them (that's when God lifts them)
and gives them
the courage to live again,
and gives them a second chance.
So they will take Him
as their foundation.
When they disobey, God takes this chance
to let them know Him.
Though men have never known Him,
God never abuses their weaknesses;
considers their hardships with sympathy,
chastises them only when they turn away.
When people sink in the waters,
God saves them.
When they cannot face life,
God lifts them
and gives them
the courage to live again,
and gives them a second chance.
So they will take Him
as their foundation.
When they disobey, God takes this chance
to let them know Him.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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