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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

There Is Life Within the River

Behold! Behold the Reign of God!
Come out into the wilderness; come seek what may be found.
At the waters of the Jordan come and turn your world around.
Come lay down your weariness and forsake your evil ways,
For the holy one of Israel waits to set your soul ablaze.

There is life within the river, life that is and life to be.
There the God who once delivered you from the sea
Once again will raise you up and set you free.

I am just a messenger, and I cry to all who hear.
Oh repent, for now the good news of the Reign of God is near.
One is coming after me who is mightier than I.
I take water from the river, he'll bring fire from the sky.

There is life within the river, life that is and life to be.
There the God who once delivered you from the sea
Once again will raise you up and set you free.

I have come to find you where the living waters flow,
And I ask that you baptize me for the way that I must go.
I will not deny this, what you ask me I will do,
Yet you speak to me a mystery; it is I should kneel to you.

I must pass through the waters to the other side,
There is no turning back now,there is no place to hide.
I must pass through the waters flowing deep and wide,
Pass on, pass on across the Jordan.

See the waters here before you flowing deep and cold and true.
First they drown the one who enters, then they raise that one anew.
When you plunge beneath these waters, you are choosing to set out
On a journey with no ending, filled with pain and fear and doubt.

I must pass through the waters flowing deep and wide
There is no turning back now, there is no place to hide.
When you plunge beneath these waters, you are choosing to set out
On a journey with no ending, filled with pain and fear and drought.
You must pass through the waters flowing deep and wide,
Pass on, pass on across the Jordan.

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