Awe Fills Us
Words: Jim Burklo – 2014 (use freely with attribution)
Tune: Madrid 6.6.6.6 – “Come Christians, Join to Sing”
http://www.hymnary.org/media/fetch/148499
Watch mountain shadows run
Allelujia! Amen!
Clouds gilded by the sun
Allelujia! Amen!
Hear tumbling water sing
Birds calling on the wing
In canyons echoing
Allelujia! Amen!
Breathe in the desert air
Allelujia! Amen!
Let footsteps call to prayer
Allelujia! Amen!
Layers of colored stone
Each one a holy throne
This world is not our own
Allelujia! Amen!
Hushed in a forest deep
Allelujia! Amen!
Secrets its branches keep
Allelujia! Amen!
Trees reaching for the sky
Leaves whisper with a sigh
Wind lifts them when they die
Allelujia! Amen!
Awe fills us at the shore
Allelujia! Amen!
Hearing the ocean’s roar
Allelujia! Amen!
Our souls with seabirds soar
Our hearts with love outpour
For One who came before
Allelujia! Amen!
(This and other “new words to old hymns” I’ve written can be seen here: http://tcpc.blogs.com/musings/2006/09/seeker_teacher_.html – use freely with attribution.)
JIM BURKLO
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Associate Dean of Religious Life, University of Southern California