Immanuel

In undeserved regalia
You have honored me,
You have washed my dirty wounds
And draped me in the finery
Of Your favor and affection.

I have been through death
The only thing that still lives in me
Is the breath You shared
But dying loosed my chain and freed
Me of my cares, my burden to strive.

I am only alive where You love.
If You withdrew it from my days
I would collapse back into my grave
Your love lifts me, carries me into the rays
Of warmth and blooming and song.

I can see the world by lovelight again
While the grave still sits in my chest
I see tragedy is the passing stranger
He will never be at rest
In a place You call home.

I have never lost a breath
That didn’t warm Your face.
You have been nearer to me
Even in the days of disgrace
Than I could hope or see

But I see You now.
I have never spent a moment alone.

Believing I was alone
In my blindness,
Was only listening to the stranger’s lie.