My route to Praise

Each to their own route in God's will

29 April 2026

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As the wedding bells ring A distant & future memory As the chorus of living break against the turf   My praises rise also   A precious ceremony

As dancing gold Lifts up & comforts what is battered & gnarled As a family of ducklings struggle across Sweeping currents of fate far from calm   My praises rise also   In gracious & sweetest memory

As I pull my gaze From others’ paths intertwined in Grace As a leaf in the breeze Trusts in the roots that run deep   My praises rise also   In letting go from saving face

As your masterpiece is made A flowing canvas of Grace As rising tide Sweeping the world ablaze   My praises rise again   A delight of true life

As straps which cut deep Are left willingly at Your feet As realms which piroutte Their expanses unseen which leak that Eternity   My praise rises   O Lord, my songs desire’s

Serve the Lord with fear Rejoice with trembling Feel warmth when you turn facing Look up from the pit of cravings   Let praises rise   For Your Word is life

And so I remember My course is not my own If He delights in mine Then, my God, so shall I…

What glorious abandon From which He lights a path No longer in way of abaddon In His own body was carved

It’s Always been You ~ Phil Wickam

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