Because He Lives

                                                    Because He Lives

                                      God sent His son, they called Him Jesus.
                                          He came to love, heal, and forgive
                                       He lived and died to buy my pardon,
                                     An empty grave is there to prove my Saviour lives.


                                     Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
                                        Because He lives, All fear is gone.
                                     Because I know He holds the future,
                                   And life is worth the living just because He lives.

                                 
                                   How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
                                      And feel the pride and joy he gives.
                                   But greater still the calm assurance,
                                  This child can face uncertain days because He lives.


                                  Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
                                     Because He lives, All fear is gone.
                                Because I know He holds the future,
                                    And life is worth the living just because He lives.


                                  And then one day I'll cross the river,
                                   I'll fight life's final war with pain,
                                And then as death gives way to victory,
                             I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives.


                                 Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
                                     Because He lives, All fear is gone.
                               Because I know He holds the future,
                                   And life is worth the living just because He lives.
                                                 
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What makes a hymn great? It is doubtful that any English professor would call this Bill Gaither hymn good literature but  I cannot hear it sung or sing it as we did in church today without being strongly affected emotionally.  The song cannot even be considered  the best the Gaither's authored and would never be compared poetry-wise to Issac Watt's awesome "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross."  All I know is  the song has a message that  reaches my heart.


                       

           


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