Phil Keaggy

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Phil Keaggy


Not only in the words you say, 
Not only in your deeds confessed. 
But in the most unconscious way 
Is Christ expressed. 

Is a beatific smile? 
A holy light upon your brow? 
Oh no, I saw His presence when 
You laughed just now. 

To me twas not the truth you taught, 
To you so clear to me so dim. 
But when you came to me 
You brought a sense of Him. 

And from His light He beckons me, 
And from your lips His love is shed. 
Til I lose sight of you and see 
The Christ instead. 

Is a beatific smile? 
A holy light upon your brow? 
Oh no, I saw His presence when 
You laughed just now.