Yes, All Is New
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w: Lorna B. Gray, 2006
m: Bob Sorem, 2009

[Verse 1]
When day is young and shadows deep
are paling with the sunlight seep;
when magpies' warbles have been heard,
and "kookies" laugh at things absurd;
when from the sea's horizon line
warm sunlight glows~ as yet benign~
when dewjew'ls glisten in the grass
and wobble there as beetles pass;
when I have food and I am free~
before me, opportunity~
then all is new!  Yes, all is new!

[Verse 2]
When sleep has brought my body rest~
oasis for the daily stressed~
when I have slept with sin forgiv'n~
the mercy-gift of God in heav'n~
when I awake to hear His voice
say, "In the past each silly choice!
Forgotten all your failings done,
repented-one who loves my Son.
This day I give with surface clear.
Just do your best for Me, my dear,"
then all is new!  Yes, all is new!

[Verse 3]
When life is past down here for me~
though clouded now in mystery,
'tis just a step in through a door
where God is living evermore.
My hope is in Christ's pure blood shed.
(I could not pay.  He paid instead,
that I should waken to behold
heav'n's treasures greater far than gold,
where love and purity do reign
and nevermore is sin again;
and all is new!) Yes, all is new!