I don’t think I’ve done justice to the late James Maher msc on this blog. I did see him play at one of the AOV conferences and he was most impressive. This article has some of his background. I’ve done the couple of his songs that are in AOV NG, but without any collections available I have not looked at his other songs. Monica O’Brien’s recent newsletter of contemporary and uptempo songs included this great song of his.
This would be a fine replacement if all your “seed” songs are are bit tired. It’s a good chance to follow his lead and go a capella once the refrain is established.
The sheet music can be purchased at Willow, where there is a snippet to which to listen.
I couldn’t work this one out so I bought the sheet music to make a backing.
Chorus 1
It is your joy and your glory that we are fully alive.
And our joy to know you, to behold you, and in your love to thrive.
The seed of faith you’ve sown within our hearts
Can grow in to the strongest tree, to shelter us in any storm.
Can bring a harvest hundredfold and we thrive.
Fully alive. Fully alive.
Verse
You came that we’d have life to the full
That we’d welcome your Good News and let it grow in good soil.
You’ve spoken in our hearts a word of love,
That the cares of all the world, the false burdens that we bear,
Will not prevail and will not hide our light.
Chorus 2
It is your joy and your glory that we are fully alive.
And our joy to know you, to behold you, and in your love to thrive.
It is your joy and your glory that we are fully alive.
And our joy to know you, to behold you, and in your love to thrive.
The seed of faith you’ve sown within our hearts
Can grow in to the strongest tree, to shelter us in any storm.
Can bring a harvest hundredfold and we thrive.
Fully alive. Fully alive. Fully alive.
It is your joy and your glory that we are fully alive.
Love, joy, glory.
© 2012 James Maher msc administered by Willow Publishing