CHRISTIAN LIFE >> JOY & PEACE
SDAH 467
Life is great! So sing about it, As we can and as we should-
Shop and buses, towns and people, Village, farmland, field and wood,
Life is great and life is given; Life is lovely, free and good.
Text
1
Life is great! So sing about it,
As we can and as we should-
Shop and buses, towns and people,
Village, farmland, field and wood,
Life is great and life is given;
Life is lovely, free and good.
2
Life is great! What ever happens,
Snow or sunshine, joy or pain,
Hardship, grief or disillusion,
Suffering that I can’t explain
Life is great if someone loves me,
Holds my hand and calls my name.
3
Love is great! The love of lovers,
Whispered words and longing eyes;
Love that gazes at the cradle
Where a child of loving lies;
Love that lasts when youth has faded,
Bends with age, but never dies.
4
Love is giving and receiving
Boy and girl, or friend with friend;
Love is bearing and forgiving
All the hurts that hate can send;
Love’s the greatest way of living,
Hoping, trusting to the end.
5
God is great! in Christ He loved us,
As we should, but never can-
Love that suffered, hoped and trusted
When disciples turned and ran,
Love that broke through death forever.
Praise that loving, living Man!
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Matt 6:25 (c) S.S. 8:6 (e) Matt 26:56
Author
Brian Wren (1936-)
Performance Suggestions
Unison
Copyright
Copyright 1983 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Hymn Tune
LITHEROP
Metrical Number
8.7.8.7.8.7.
Composer
Peter Cutts (1937-)
Year Composed
1970
Alternate Tune
LAUDA ANIMA, SDAH 4
Theme
JOY AND PEACE
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Notes
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What a great life we have in Jesus. We are told that the life we have in Jesus is a foretaste of eternal life that we will experience throughout all eternity. Indeed, Life is great when someone loves you, especially if you know that that Someone is Jesus who died on the cross to give His life for you. (Lesson 13, 2nd Quarter 2021 -Wednesday, New Covenant and Eternal Life, 6/23/2021)
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