One Day
                                                        
                                                          
                                                           
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Some day I'll meet the 
                                                          Maker of the sunset's 
                                                          glow,
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          He'll show me how the 
                                                          colors mixed just so;
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          He'll show me, too, 
                                                          the way the rainbow 
                                                          curves
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          And help me make my 
                                                          own (if I've the 
                                                          nerve)...
                                                        
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          He'll explain all 
                                                          equations so I will 
                                                          understand,
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          And magnify the 
                                                          crevices all across 
                                                          the land;
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Mysteries I cannot 
                                                          fathom will be 
                                                          explained at last,
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          He'll help me see the 
                                                          beauty of the ages 
                                                          past.
                                                        
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          He'll let me look at 
                                                          Jesus heart ~  till He 
                                                          knows I understand
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          The way it broke and 
                                                          why He has those nail 
                                                          scars in his hand.
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Then He'll draw me 
                                                          close beside Him and 
                                                          He'll bring Jesus too;
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          We'll watch the 
                                                          vastness of His whole 
                                                          universe in view.
                                                        
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          One day, it won't be 
                                                          long now - and the 
                                                          dark glass will be 
                                                          clear;
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          We'll see our Hope of 
                                                          Ages face to face ~ so 
                                                          very near;
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          He'll touch our faces 
                                                          with those loving nail 
                                                          scarred hands ~
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          One day there will be 
                                                          nothing that we cannot 
                                                          understand.
                                                        
                                                          
                                                           
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Joan Clifton Costner
                                                        
                                                          
                                                          
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