I have seen You in the bare skeletal trees And in the first peep of piercing green The burst of wonder and new life I have seen You in the flash of morning light When You granted a new day to the world And guilded all with diamond glow I have seen You in the sound of singing birds Whose liquid tones drop like spray From the waterfall of Your Love I have seen You from the mountains and the valleys A different view from each Whether high or low, You are present I have seen You, through the beckoning within Of Words written so long ago Yet fresh as though the ink was still wet I have seen You through the shadows of a Cross When You were visible with running Blood And desolate cry of abandonment I have seen You with arms outstretched To call the world to Your pierced side Dispensing Grace to all I have seen You in the Spirit For You are always there And dwelling in that sea of Grace In this, only this, can I drown But know You are the oxygen And under that sea, I breathe, as never before, the Spirit's breath.....
