Alpha & Omega

In September 2006 I’d just got back from my first international trip, a 4 week whirlwind tour of New York, Helsinki, London, Paris & Tokyo.  In the first few days after getting back I sat down at my piano & out tumbled this tune.  I remember that I was blown away by how the big the world was & how many experiences there were to be had.  Yet all of this is held in balance by the God of creation & the vastness of its glory is cupped in the palm of His hand.

4 years later my wife’s birthday present was a tattoo on my right wrist of the Alpha & Omega symbols, a constant reminder that He is the beginning & end, He is the reason that we’re all here in the first place.

Alpha & Omega
© 2006 Ben Grace (Asaph Riddle Publishing)
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My heart it waits upon You my God
My hope rests on the rock of Your living word
My world is contained in Your open palm
My life finds Your peace in the eye of the storm

So whenever I stumble, whenever I fall
I know You’ll always be there

Your will, Your word,
Your promise secure sing to me
Of love that is unending
Your hope, Your help,
Your hand outstretched to me, I know
The Alpha and Omega is You

My faith is refined through sorrow and pain
My silent tongue cries out Your saving name
My richest gain I count as loss
My only chance is to take up the cross

So whenever I stumble, whenever I fall
I know You’ll always be there

Your will, Your word,
Your promise secure sing to me
Of love that is unending
Your hope, Your help,
Your hand outstretched to me, I know
The Alpha and Omega is You

The answer is You Lord,
The end and beginning
The answer is You Lord … forevermore