In beginning God created the heavens and the earth Though at first they lay in
formlessness, they knew their final worth Clothed in power and majesty, garments
made of light As darkness fled before Him
He fastened earth's foundations, laid its cornerstone He shut the sea
behind its doors, made its boundaries known He spoke of grass and herbs and
trees, seeds that fall and fly And roots thrust deep into the earth and branches to
the sky
And the chorus of morning stars and the shouts of heaven's sons Resound throughout
the sky fields While the work of God is done As He sows His words like jewels In a
rainbow falling down To garden His perfection As creation's crown The
Lord Himself is here He kneels and there beneath his hands A man from dust appears
He lifts him gently in his arms Breathes into his soul And raises him to stand
upright, complete And free and whole
And the man looks round and wonders At the world that's now his own Everything that's
touched and seen Is beauty and unknown With a joy that has no bounds Knows no
fear of end Every evening in its quince He walks there with his friend
For him the universe was just a token of his might It was love that gave us ears to
hear Eyes to see the light It's love that gave us breath It's love that gave us
birth It's love that flung the stars It's love that spins the earth.
When at last this vastness, like a worn-out robe, is rolled, And the new
creation's children watch their heart's desires unfold, Then love will reign
forever, through our God and King and Friend, As it was in the beginning.
As it was in the beginning.
It shall be without end.
As
it was in the beginning.
It shall be without end.
Without end.