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aroma, faithfulness, Gospel, health, India, justice, quality, scent, self-control, United Kingdom
FINAL SCALE
Hearts weighed in the most precise balance,
Another one steps on the scales
A pound comes and a pound goes
Kilograms just as the years slip by,
Ah, health and self-control
Self-control and health!
Each life is truly weighed in the balance
One breath, one heartbeat, one thought and one act at a time
Always before the Lord of Creation
Spirit and soul, known from the beginning
Body care as well
As complete justice flows in fire from beneath the Throne
Quality always comes before quantity
Like the new scent of a candle
And the brightness of its flame,
But who receives its light;
The beauty of a flower in amazed wonder
Its aroma on the wind in simple delight
Yet what becomes a fruit,
What will hang heavy on the branches?
We will all stand before the Judge
And the Eyes that penetrate our entire existence
In the quality of our faithfulness
Weighed on His scales of Truth and Justice,
The degree of Holy Spirit obedience in human sensitivity
Held firmly in His hand, tender and kind
The measure of lasting good fruit produced
In a human being destined to know eternal greatness
To show forth Messiah’s greatness to others
Magnified in the display of love given on the Cross,
Freely held out, freely received
The Way of Truth in Life seen crystal clear
As it flows beneath the Holy Throne of New Jerusalem.
Living Words spoken long ago so pure and simple
The Gospel alive each moment of every day
Made known to every man and woman
Those chosen to share, to give as they received
With kind and gentle touches of care
A Shepherd’s heart of compassion shines brightly
Reflected from within EACH ON
Just as our God radiant,
Faith in action, Holy Spirit empowered
One prayerful step after another
Holy Spirit led.
