ABUNDANT LIFE

Rob Glover and Ruth Duck

Refrain: Abundant life, Abundant life. (repeated)

Verse 1. We cannot own the starlit sky,
the moon, the stars, the wildflowers.
For we are part of all that is
within life's river flowing.
with open hands receive and share the gifts of God's creation.
That all may have abundant life in every earthly nation.

Verse 2. When bodies shiver in the night
and, weary, wait for morning.
When children have no bread, but tears
and war horns sound their warning.
God calls humanity to wake, to join in common labor.
That all may have abundant life in oneness with their neighbor.

Verse 3. God calls humanity to join
as partners in creating
a future free from want and fear,
life's goodness celebrating.
That new world beacons from afar,invites our shared endeavor,
That all may have abundant life and peace endure forever.

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