Paradise and a Paradox
Sabbath Psalm
(“Paradise and a Paradox,” from Seth Davey’s album Kingdom Rising)
There’s a stirring in the world we can’t ignore
Like treasures in the deep that wash ashore
Signs of what the suffering is for
Is Heaven in our vision?
Does God compose His greatest melodies
Through instruments that get so out of key
Do grace and nature sing in harmony
If we’d just stop and listen?
Between the lines of suffering faith reads another story
That all the sorrows, great and small, after all
Will be transposed to glory
I feel it in the kiss that ends the conflict
In the calm at the end of the storm
In the sigh when a nightmare’s finally over
In the peace at the end of the war
In the smile of a dying martyr
In the light in a blind saint’s eyes
In the feast of a King with beggars
In the songs that come by surprise
Paradise and a paradox
There’s a longing in the soul too deep for words
A vision like a dream that reoccurs
The promise of new life that faith conserves
Of Heaven in the present