Stepping from shadows / To salt on the wind, / I’m carried / Through all the year, this path is mine. / Through highs and lows, in all I do, / Your faithful heart is carrying Departure into light! / From the long, unbroken night! I was held by hands I could not see, / Lifted from the turning sea. / Departure into light, / Every breath is burning bright, / I was led through sorrow’s hidden door / Into living evermore. You spoke Your word, the world was made, / You set the signs that never fade: / Summer and winter, seed and yield, / Sun and frost across the field, / Day and night while the earth spins free, / Your covenant still shelters I can trust in this! Each step is a heartbeat, / A slow, gentle dance, / I walk toward the sunrise, / I loosen my stance. / Far on the hillside / The wild heather sways, / It whispers of freedom / In gold-quiet haze. When mountains shake and fears grow loud, / You walk beside me through every cloud. / Through storm and shadow, sleepless night, / Your steadfast love becomes my light. / Jesus gave everything, / Poured out their days, / So others could waken / To luminous ways. / Over the water, / A pale harbor gleams, / The weight that I carried / Falls out of my seams. I can trust in this! You promised me: / Summer and winter, seed and yield, / Sun and frost over town and field, / Day and night while the earth spins free, / Your faithful heart holds fast to me. / After the aching, / The years without song, / Love altered my footprints / And taught me the dawn. / High on the cliff’s rim, / The dark breaks away, / My heart like a shoreline / Meets bright, rising day. DEPARTURE INTO LIGHT! / From the long, unbroken night, / I was held by hands I could not see, / Lifted from the turning sea. / DEPARTURE INTO LIGHT! / Every breath is burning bright, / I was led through sorrow’s hidden door / Into living evermore. So I hold on, though sight grows dim, / Your promise stands when strength is gone. /YOU CAN TRUST IN HIM! / I hold on, though sight grows dim, / Your love remains when all is gone. / YOU CAN TRUST IN HIM! So rise into living, / And walk out unafraid, / Stay open and tender, / Where love can be made. / Go on in your story, / Let kindness take the lead, / For love is the journey, / And love is all you need.
