May | 2012 | failing and falling

Sojourn: Absent from Flesh

May 24, 2012 at 4:03 am (Uncategorized)

This song has been so encouraging today. I long for the day when this all ends, and we finally see our Savior.

Absent From Flesh

by:Isaac Watts/Jamie Barnes

Verse 1

Absent from flesh, O blissful thought

What joy this moment brings

Freed from the blame my sin has brought,

From pain and death and its sting.

Verse 2

Absent from flesh, O Glorious day!

In one triumphant stroke

My reckoning paid, my charges dropped

and the bonds ’round my hands are broke.

CHORUS:

I go where God and glory shine,

To one eternal day

This failing body I now resign,

For the angels point my way.

Verse 3

Absent from flesh! then rise, my soul,

Where feet nor wings could climb,

Beyond the sky, where planets roll,

And beyond all keep of time.