Perfect Oneness
The city that we're looking for and hope someday to find
When in that mighty exodus we leave this world behind
That's built foursquare to house the saints but not upon the earth
Until it has been cleansed of sin and given its new birth
Is filled with precious qualities we very rarely see
Those qualities that Jesus taught would last eternally
Of perfect love in charity that puts all others first
And only thinks the best of those it knows and not the worst
That never feels offended by the things that others do
Remembering but for the Lord would be offensive too
And sees itself as simply what the Lord would have it be
A channel of His perfect grace for other folks to see
The Son of God reflected like a mirror made of gold
Transparent in its character as in God's Word we're told
That through us His bright radiance of love will ever shine
As not a thought of emptiness will ever come to mind
But only thoughts of joyfulness to see the souls of men
Redeemed by God's amazing grace that cleanses us from sin
That's lived and taught and spread abroad by those who live to be
Just like the One they've come to know each day on bended knee
The One Who's now preparing that bright home beyond the sky
Where all the saints of earth will live and never fear to die
Where all will form one body that began upon the earth
When each one put aside the past to welcome God's new birth
That's given us for asking not because of what we've done
But for the sake of living to reflect the Father's Son
The way and with the purpose that He shared with us before
When by His own example He taught love and something more
That motivates the Christians who has left the past behind
Who see themselves most clearly as they are no longer blind
But have that perfect vision for the glory they will see
When Christ returns from heaven to receive both you and me
Who have by faith that oneness that with God and God alone
Will by the saints in glory by experience be known
As walking in that city where the walls are built foursquare
They'll live in perfect oneness with their God Who brought them there
1 Corinthians 13; John 14:1-3; Revelation 21:1-4
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