Patience - a hymn text based on Romans 8

(can be sung to the same tune (Beecher) as Love Divine All Loves Excelling)

Breathless for her Lord's redemption,
All creation sings God's praise
While he patiently composes
Her long history's final page.
In her suffering she possesses
Love's reminder, hope unseen:
Liberation unto glory
When she reads the final scene.

Humble bearer of our weakness,
Jesus Christ, the crucified,
Shared with us our sore condition
Now his life to open wide!
Heirs of faithlessness and sorrow,
By our sadness always led,
Now in him have found God's victory:
Resurrection from the dead!

Facing conflict, strife, and trial,
Now we seek to find their place,
Reaching outward, loving, longing,
Looking for the Father's grace.
Through the Spirit, we are promised,
All our groaning shall be heard,
Crying, "Abba, come restore us
At your strong, triumphant word..."