For my cousin Jason, who will very soon set his earthly body aside and see the glory of Jesus face to face.
absent from flesh, o blissful thought
what joy this moment brings
freed from the blame my sin has brought
from pain and death and its sting
absent from flesh, o glorious day
in one triumphant stroke
my reckoning paid, my charges dropped
and the bonds around my hands are broke
i go where God and Glory shine
in one eternal day
and this failing body i now resign
for the angels point my way
absent from flesh, then rise my soul
where feet nor wings could climb
beyond the sky, where planets roll
and beyond all keep of time
i go where God and Glory shine
in one eternal day
and this failing body i now resign
for the angels point my way
sojourn music
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