Portrait of Christ
[Verse 1]
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Here I sit gazing out through the window
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Dreaming of a life spent at your side
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Where our joys and tears for the rest of our years
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Are united in love and in life
[Chorus]
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Today we embark on a journey
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To the place where we two become one
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You give me your hand and together we stand
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Taking a vow before God
[Verse 2]
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God in His infinite wisdom
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Depicting His Spirit at work
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Chose marriage to play a picture portray
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Of Jesus Himself with His Church
[Verse 3]
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Christ as the head of the Body
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By Whom are all things contrived
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Redeemed His wife when He laid down His life
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Making her one with God
[Verse 4]
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So is the way of a man
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In taking a wife to his side
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He gives up his own, the two become one
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And he lays himself down for his bride.
[Verse 5]
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Marriage- a lovely reflection
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Of Christ Himself with His Bride
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Who purchased His wife with His own sacrifice
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Washing her white in His blood
[Verse 6]
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God in His merciful kindness
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In a picture of unfailing love
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Gave life unto man through the death of His Son
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Uniting the two into one
[Verse 7]
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Marriage – God’s precious depiction
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Of salvation and of eternal life
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He took on our sin redeemed us to Him
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With His own precious blood He bought life
[Chorus]
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Today we embark on a journey
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To the place where we two become one
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You give me your hand and together we stand
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Taking a vow before God