Accepted in the Beloved

You draw us to the light-

Delivered from the dark

You give us new sight

You soften hard hearts

To seek and to serve you

To listen and hear

To focus more clearly

On what you hold dear

Oh Lord be our vision

Oh Lord be the stake

To which we are tethered

To live for your sake

So as your beloved

The riches of Grace

Are lavished upon us

As we run this race

Chorus:

And grace upon grace is ours

To the praise of your glory

To the praise of your power

And we are protected

And mercy is proved

No longer rejected

So we are accepted

In the beloved

Now emblazen our hearts

As we reckon what’s real

We sense the Almighty

In His works is revealed

Incomprehensible

Is His love for His Bride

The miraculous reason

For which HE DIED!

The mystery of His Will

Is now made known

According to His wise

Intentions alone

Sum up all the heavens

Sum up all the Earth

The life we inherit

Is greater in worth.

Chorus

And grace upon grace is ours

To the praise of your glory

To the praise of your power

And we are protected

And mercy is proved

No longer rejected

So we are accepted

In the beloved

Anthony Foster

February 27, 2017