In a sudden, searing moment
1 In a sudden, searing moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
one is left and one is taken,
swept into eternity.
2 Out of safety into danger,
out of danger into death;
flower of the field has faded,
child of God is robbed of breath.
3 Disbelief and sheer denial
mingle with a helpless rage;
none can change this troubled story
nor rewrite this nightmare page.
4 Why does God let such things happen,
why abandon those in pain?
Faith seeks out a God that's present
as it scans the cross again.
5 In the bleakness of Good Friday,
heat and hurting all the while,
God's compassion stoops to suffer
and, in Christ, to reconcile.
6 Easter dawns, but first the grieving,
first the sharpness of the grave;
then faith sees Christ's risen body,
bearing wounds the soldiers gave.
7 Christ shall come and God's creation
shall be changed and tears be dry.
In a promised, glorious moment,
in the twinkling of an eye.
David Mowbray
© David Mowbray / Jubilate Hymns
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