BEAUTY FOR ASHES
Author(s): Jeremy
Songbook: Aaron David Songbook
KeyWords: Giving,

Like a giant hand
Taking the honey comb and squeezing it,
And out comes the honey!
Like Moses smiting the rock
It hurt, it hurt the rock,
But out came the water!

Like a beautiful flower
Pressed, pressed and crushed,
But out comes the perfume!
Like the beautiful music
That comes from the throat of a bird
Almost as though in pain,
Yet comes forth with song.

Beauty, beauty for ashes.
Beauty for ashes.

Lord, help us not to fight thy crushing,
Thy bruising and thy smiting,
Which causes the water to gush forth.
Help us not to quench that beautiful song,
Even, even if it's sad
But to thank Thee in spite of the sorrow.

Help us to be willing to be smitten and crushed,
To be squeezed and to be bruised, to be in agony,
That we may give forth thy sweetness,
Thy fragrance, thy beauty, and thy song,
Thy refreshing waters.

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