How Beautiful...

Speaks for itself, I think. Yet, it speaks insufficiently for itself, because no amount of words can truly describe just how beautiful the body of Christ is, nor can any human in his finite self comprehend the infinite beauty, majesty and perfection of Christ - not just as He came in the flesh as we read in the Gospels, but also as He is now, in His glory.

How Beautiful
by Twila Paris

How beautiful the hands that served
The wine and the bread and the sons of the earth.
How beautiful the feet that walked
The long, dusty roads and the hill to the cross.

How beautiful,
How beautiful,
How beautiful
Is the body of Christ.

How beautiful the heart that bled,
That took all my sin and bore it instead.
How beautiful the tender eyes
That choose to forgive and never despise.

How beautiful,
How beautiful,
How beautiful
Is the body of Christ.

And as He laid down His life,
We offer this sacrifice:
That we will live
Just as He died,
Willing to pay the price,
Willing to pay the price.

How beautiful the radiant Bride
Who waits for her Groom with His light in her eyes.
How beautiful when humble hearts give
The fruit of pure lives so that others may live.

How beautiful,
How beautiful,
How beautiful
Is the body of Christ.

How beautiful the feet that bring
The sound of good news and the love of the King.
How beautiful the hands that serve
The wine and the bread and the sons of the earth.

How beautiful,
How beautiful,
How beautiful
Is the body of Christ.