Deep calling

I stand on this rock as the water falls around
Pummelled and wet and still I can be found
River-deep and water-to-my-thigh
The wrestling of my spirit in my soul's exhausted sigh

All your waves have billowed over me
Standing in this wash as I close my eyes to see
Your grace and mercy have filled my every day
So that even now, in this torrent, I can truly say

Without church, position, platform, office, oratory
Without robes, oil, Bible or a pastor's fee
You are all in all - the Sacred Trinity
And I am in You and You are in me

We walk these paths of pouring our lives out
We kneel with the dying and we join in joy's shout
And now as I stand in Your river alone, stripped and bare
Your waters wash me, Your thunders are my fanfare

My heart is full of love, longings and of pain
Once again, I find, it is You in the rain
Wash me, call Me, I give Your church to You
Realising afresh, that You make all things new

I stand on this rock as the water falls around
Pummelled and wet and still I can be found
You are all in all - the Sacred Trinity
And I am in You and You are in me

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For Chris, as you stand on the Rock, with water all around.