Ah well. If you have a better explanation I'd love to hear it. Otherwise enjoy. We always do.
O refuge of my hardened heart
O fast pursuing lover come
As angels dance around Your throne
My life by captured fare You own
Not silhouette of trodden faith
Nor death shall not my steps be guide
I'll pirouette upon my grave
For in Your path I'll run and hide
[Chorus:] O gaze of love so melt my pride
That I may in Your house but kneel
And in my brokenness to cry
Spring worship unto Thee
When beauty breaks the spell of pain
The bludgeoned heart shall burst in vain
But not when love be 'pointed king
And truth shall Thee forever reign
[Chorus]Sweet Jesus carry me away
From cold of night and dust of day
In ragged hour or salt worn eye
Be my desire, my well sprung lye
[Chorus x 2]Spring worship unto Thee
Spring worship unto Thee
This makes absolutely no sense. I tried. Really, I read it three times and can't see the meaning. But perhaps I am dense. With so much rich hymnody already written, perhaps Jars of Clay should have borrowed a text?
ReplyDeleteHmmm! Maybe it's just too late... my mind is like mush right now, but I've seen better, deeper. Good night!
ReplyDelete"Nor death shall not my steps be guide" -- eh?
ReplyDelete"And Truth shall Thee forever reign?" Means Jesus! John 14:6 "I am the Way, the Truth and the Light, no one comes to the Father except through Me."
ReplyDelete"Nor death shall not my steps be guide" Matthew 6:13 "This is taken from the Lord's Prayer. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
Just my two cents....it appears to be a mishmash of scripture put to poetic prose.
God bless the Jailer......your words are heartfelt and courageous!