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Hymn 524: I and My Father are One

Like a river that runs to the ocean,
Like a ray reaching out from the sun,
Like the branch and the tree, a drop and the sea
I and my Father are one.

And may each of us claim it as truly
As Jesus who came as God’s son,
And may each of us know in the depths of our soul
I and my Father are one.

One in beauty, one in truth,
One in the asking, one in the proof,
One in time and one in space
One in the goodness that flows from His grace.

Like a river that runs to the ocean,
Like a ray reaching out from the sun,
Like the branch and the tree, a drop and the sea
I and my Father are one.

Though our fears may estrange and divide us,
May we seek to dissolve them through love.
We are sister and brother, each bound to the other,
One with our Father above.

One in purpose, one in power,
One in Spirit, blessing each hour,
One in kindness, one in peace,
One in the Mind that makes all trouble cease.

Like a river that runs to the ocean,
Like a ray reaching out from the sun,
Like the branch and the tree, a drop and the sea
I and my Father are one.

by Mindy Jostyn

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