As It Was (So It Shall Be)

In beginning God created

The heavens and the earth

Tho' at first they lay in formlessness

He knew their final worth

Clothed in power and majesty

In garments made of light

As darkness fled before Him,

He divided day from night

He fastened earth's foundations,

Laid its cornerstone

He shut the sea behind its doors

And made its bound'ries known

He spoke of grass and herbs and trees

And seeds that fall and fly

And roots thrust deep into the earth

And branches to the sky

The chorus of the morning stars

And the shouts of heaven's sons

Resound throughout the skyfields

While the work of God is done

And as He sows His words like jewels

In a rainbow falling down

The garden is perfection

And awaits creation's crown

Then in glory unimaginable,

The Lord Himself is here

He kneels, and there beneath His hands,

A man from dust appears

He lifts him gently in His arms,

And breaths into his soul

And raises Him to stand upright,

Complete and free and whole

The man looks round in wonder

At the world that's now his own

And everything that's touched

And seen is beauty yet unknown

With a joy that has no bounds

And knows no fear of end

Every evening in its coolness

He walks there with his Friend

The pow'r that formed the universe

Was but a token of His might

It was love that gave us ears to hear

And eyes to see the light

It's love that gave us breath

And it is love that gave us birth

It's love that flung the stars

And it is love that spins the earth

And 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

And as it was in the beginning,

It shall be without end

And as it was in the beginning

It shall be without end

And as it was in the beginning

It shall be without end