Precious Paradise

Let all of creation worship Him

Who for a little while was made

Lower than the angels

Transcendence came near to be displayed

Immanuel indwelling man

Once enemies now one, together

This is our precious paradise

Union with our Christ forever

This is our precious paradise

Union with our precious Christ

For His presence  we have longed

To abide and to reside

In the shadow of His wings we hide.

And He has become our song.

Fullness of God’s glory here

Not one of us can comprehend

Not one of us can understand

The depth of how he’d condescend.

He came down from his throne above

Set us apart, swept out the leaven

Shed glory on this work of dust

And raises us to heaven.

He is our precious paradise

Union with our precious Christ

For His presence  we have longed

To abide and to reside

In the shadow of His wings we hide.

And He has become our song.

Anthony Foster

August 2013