Presenting: Give Thanks for Life · Shirley Erena Murray
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Verse 1
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1. Give thanks for life, the measure of our days,
Mortal, we pass through beauty that decays,
Yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Mortal, we pass through beauty that decays,
Yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2. Give thanks for those who made their life a light
Caught from the Christ flame, bursting through the night,
Who touched the truth, who burned for what is right,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Caught from the Christ flame, bursting through the night,
Who touched the truth, who burned for what is right,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3. And for our own, our living and our dead,
Thanks for the love by which our life is fed,
A love not changed by time or death or dread,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thanks for the love by which our life is fed,
A love not changed by time or death or dread,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4. Give thanks for hope, that like the wheat, the grain
That lies in darkness does its life retain
In resurrection to grow green again,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
That lies in darkness does its life retain
In resurrection to grow green again,
Alleluia! Alleluia!