Lord,
We’re one with you
Before our birth —
One light with you;
One truth; one peace;
One love.
We thirst for you
In exile,
Here on earth;
Then reunite
With you,
In heaven above.
References
I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb (Jeremiah 1:5; NLT).
God is light (1 John 1:5; NLT).
The Spirit is truth (1 John 5:6; NKJV).
The Lord is peace (Judges 6:24; NLT).
God is love (1 John 4:16; NLT).
O God, you are my God; my soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water (Psalm 63:1; NLT).
Here in exile my heart is breaking (Psalm 42:6; GNT).
I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile (Ezekiel 11:16; NLT).
The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).