The shells which cup such precious pearls – The Pearl of Great Price

The shells which cup such precious pearls – The Pearl of Great Price

The shells which cup such precious pearls
are like our hands that cradle hope, 
which reach to others out of love; 
we seek assurance, strength to cope.

The pearls that hold a core of grit 
are like the grace that we have found, 
though life is troubled, sharp and sour, 
God folds in love, that’s sure and sound.

And so with hands like open shells 
we offer pearls of greatest price,
the spirit's power, the grace of God 
and Jesus' loving sacrifice.

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2009 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd
Metre: LM
Tune: BRESLAU