My Work Is Just Begun

When my life on earth is o'er, my journey done, my days flown by,
May it be said of me that my work is just begun,
The morning sun barely beginning to shine.
Like the worship service flow, may this time
Be as a well-played Prelude before the Call,
May the ministry in which I have shared
Point still to the greater Moments ahead:
The Word made Flesh, Proclaimed,
The Sacramental Chrism, Partaken,
The Final Benediction, Announced.
If all by which I am known or remembered
Is shackled by my time on earth,
I still will not have failed
If only He in me caused you to look and long
For the One who is coming indeed.
When my life on earth is o'er, my journey done, my days flown by,
May it be said of me that my work is just begun.