Hope is built in present moments – hymn with tune - inspired by Isaiah 65: 17 – 25
1 Hope is built in present moments,
times of visions, times of dreams,
times when love transcends the present,
long outlasting human schemes.
2 Hope will open gates of promise,
herald dawns of glorious light,
help us live within this moment,
lead us onward from the night.
3 Hope is more than mists of fortune,
hope is more than fear or fate,
here through faith's imagination,
love transforms our present state.
4 We will find a new beginning
built on truths instead of lies,
built on love of every neighbour,
love that will confound the 'wise'.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2013 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: 8 7 8 7
Tunes: LAUS DEO; ST OSWALD
New tune written by Frances S. Drake reproduced with permission -
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