This Side of Heaven
This side of heaven
Is a temporary place
Our eternal home is waiting
‘Till we move in by your grace.

It’s so hard this side of heaven
Daily struggles do we bear,
Still we feel you watching over us
Armed with comfort and with care.
All we have to do is ask you
Though distracted, Lord, are we,
So obstructed is our view down here
Only conflict do we see.

But make us still, make us quiet-
Let the scales fall from our eyes.
Let us see that this brief time here
Is a classroom in disguise.
What we suffer here is growing us
If we only choose to see,
That the lessons of this life on earth
Will all make sense if we believe that…

You gave your son that we could live
We can not understand,
But on this side of heaven,
Precious Lord, we see Your hand.