He Will Abide | Official Performance Video | The Collingsworth Family Chords

A few months ago I was reading something and a man named John Ruskins who passed from this
life over a hundred years ago wrote something so metaphorically beautiful it caught my attention
and got me right here in my heart.
So much so that I had to put it to memory because I said, oh I don't want to ever forget
this and I think you will understand this.
There is no music during a musical rest, but the rest is part of the making of the music.
_ In the melody of our lives, the music is separated here and there by rest and sometimes during
those rests we foolishly think we've come to the end of the song.
God sends us times of forced leisure by allowing sickness or disappointed plans and frustrated efforts.
He brings a sudden pause to the choral hymn of our lives and we lament that our voices
must be silent.
We grieve that our part is missing in the music that rises to the creator.
And yet, how does a musician read a rest?
He counts the break with unwavering precision and he plays his next note with confidence
as if no pause were ever there.
_ And may I say to you tonight, God doesn't write the music of our lives without a plan.
_ Our job is to learn the tune and not get discouraged during the rest.
They can't be slurred over, they can't be omitted, they can't be used to destroy the
tune or even change the key.
_ But if we'll just look up, God himself will count the time for us and with our eyes on
him our next note will be full and clear.
If we say to ourselves, but there's no music during a rest, _ let us never forget that the
rest is part of the making of the music and the process is often slow and painful in this life.
But oh how patiently God works to teach us and how long he waits for us to learn the song.
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] _ [F#m] Life is like a [F#] winding [F#m] river through [C#m] valleys low.
So deep [D] and [C#] wide.
We [F#m] have the hope _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] and the _ savior [F#] by our [C#] side.
[F#m] There are days of [Bm] [B] disappointment.
_ [C#m] Times we're _ tested.
[D] Times we're [C#] tried.
[F#m] When we're _ weary [Bm] with the journey.
[F#m] _ [D] There's a savior [C#] by our side.
And he will [D] abide.
He [Bm] will abide.
Through [B] the rain and [E] rising tide.
_ [C#] Until every [F#m] tear is dry.
He will [Bm] abide.
_ [E] He will [A] abide. _
If you [F#m] feel your heart [Bm] is searching.
_ [C#m] Longing to be [D] satisfied. _
[C#] Well there's [F#] a life _ that's worth [Bm] [B] living.
With [D] the savior _ [C#] by your side.
He will [D] abide.
He will [Bm] abide.
Through [B] the rain and rising [E] tide.
Until [C#] _ every tear [F#m] is dry. _
He will [Bm] abide.
_ [E] He will [A] abide. _
Until [F#] every [C#] tear [F#m] is dry.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] He will abide.
[B] _ _ [A] He will [F#m] abide. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[C#] He will abide. _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
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