Nature and Grace by John Michael Talbot, Terry Talbot

No Longer Strangers by John Michael Talbot, Terry Talbot

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Nature and Grace
by John Michael Talbot, Terry Talbot

Album: No Longer Strangers

Deep within me
There lies a true distinction
Between the things I would
And what I really do
I cannot believe
That I am so unusual
Isn't this the common sorrow
Within me and you

For nature will see
Only its own advantage
It considers only how
Another might be used
Grace will bring
A new humility
To comfort those afflicted
And to help those once abused

Nature might seek
Its fair consolation
But it never offers it help
Without its price
Without reward
Grace finds reward
In another's consolation
Learning in this paradox
The power of our Lord

Nature will seek
To be exalted in authority
To argue its opinion
And to have all the world conformed
But grace humbly comes
In a silent assuredness
Speaking only to conform
A man unto his Lord

Nature might seek
Its fair consolation
But it never offers it help
Without its price
Without reward
Grace finds reward
In another's consolation
Learning in this paradox
The power of our Lord
Learning in this paradox
The power of our Lord