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In the city on the hill, the world has gone wrong. Inflated by the accomplishments of reason, the people have forgotten the wisdom of the heart. There is a need to turn and take off the shoes, because the place we stand is holy ground.


To Be Where Angels Roam

There was a city on a hill
That gambled with the truth
When God's and banker's word
Were sold from every booth

They offered fame and riches
And life for evermore
- Just leave your soul to us,
- Or else, walk out that door!

The dust of time had grown
Within our scattered minds
The mirth had turned to moan
And covered eyes with blinds

There was but greed of gain
Out on that lonesome road
I bowed my head in pain
And took my cross, my load

I stumbled down the slope
My soul so weak and worn
There was no sign of hope
Until the break of morn

I turned aside and there she was
In white and living form
The meaning and the cause
My shelter from the storm

I gazed into her shining face
With moon and stars beyond
A sight of endless space
That has no earthly bond

I rose up from the ground
And stod with newfound strength
The darkness all around
Was met with hope at length

And then I saw a light
Come shining from the sky
It filled my heart with might
And gave me wings to fly

I broke through walls and wire
With no direction home
I'd seen my soul's desire
To be where angels roam

Copyright © 2012 Göran Gustafsson. All rights reserved

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"Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."
(KJB Matthew 5:14)

"we shall be as a city upon a hill" (...) "The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world."
(John Winthrop 1630)

"Today the eyes of all people are truly upon us - and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, state and local, must be as a city upon a hill - constructed and inhabited by men aware of their great trust and their great responsibilities."
(John F. Kennedy 1961)

"There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day,
and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain."
(Isaiah 4:6 - 8th-century BC)




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  Åse Tropp VIP
En text som är fylld av händelser, förtvivlan och flykt!
2013-11-12

    ej medlem längre
Jäkligt bra skrivet!
2012-12-15

  Bo Axelsson
Så nära vi är men så långt vi har att gå!!
2012-11-17

    ADI Nehlin
återigen underbar text..och ditt språk är fantastiskt
2012-09-29

  dubbelve
Du har ett fantastiskt språk och flätar in alla rim otroligt bra!
2012-09-19
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