THE ALMIGHTY'S HAND
Jonas Jung
(c) 2010
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VERSE 1:
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As I look out to creation into the African plains, I see Your beautiful mysteries
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CHORUS
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You are the Lord and we lift Your name on high
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We give You praises Lord, we lift up our praises Lord
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Your Spirit of Truth is our only hope
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Pour down Your mercy on us loving mercy on us now
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VERSE 2
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As I look upon the "smoke that thunders" does it truly flow from the palm of Your hand
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Oh, the Almighty's hand
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CHORUS
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COMMENTARY
I remember when I first began to write this song. Our family was on a road trip around Southern Africa, and we had just gotten done seeing the famous Victoria Falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. I was totally in awe of the raw power that came in the form of thousands of gallons of water flowing down. That day we had passed a statue of David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary to Africa in the 1800's and the first white person to discover the falls. Engraved at the bottom of the statue was a quote from his journal about when he discovered "the smoke that thunders." He said, "surely this must flow from the Almighty's Hand." I thought it was great imagery, and I was honestly in the same awe that he was in, only hundreds of years later. On our way back to the hotel we were staying the chorus just popped into my head. I finished the song at the hotel, and recorded it with Elias on the Wholly Yours demo album.
