High Noon

As you can probably tell from my previous post, there's been a lot on my heart lately, and a lot on my mind, considering the clock is ticking and my thesis is still not completed.
But last week I had the opportunity to rest and attend an Andrew Peterson concert, and it was glorious! And he performed all the songs that are close to my heart, but he closed with the best of all. On this Friday in July 2006, here are some thoughts about events that happened on a Passover weekend almost 2000 years ago. The name of the song is Hight Noon...

High noon in the valley of the shadow When the deep of the valley was bright
When the mouth of the tomb shouted, "Glory, the groom is alive"
So long, you wages of sin go on, Don't you come back again
I've been raised and redeemed; You've lost all your sting
To the victor of the battle atHigh noon in the valley
In the valley of the shadow

And the demons, they danced in the darkness
When that last ragged breath left his lungs
And they reveled and howled At the war that they thought they had won
But then, in the dark of the grave The stone rolled away
In the still of the dawn on the greatest of days

High noon in the valley of the shadow When the shadows were shot through with light
When Jesus took in that breath And shattered all death with his life
Be gone, you wages of sin Go on, don't you come back again
I've been raised and redeemed You've lost all your sting
To the victor of the battle High noon in the valley of the shadow

Let the people rejoice Let the heavens resound
Let the name of Jesus, who sought us And freed us forever ring out
All praise to the fighter of the night Who rides on the light
Whose gun is the grace of the God of the sky

High noon in the valley of the shadow When the shadows were shot through with light
When the mouth of the tomb Shouted, "Glory, the Groom is alive"
Be gone, you wages of sin Go on, don't you come back again
I've been raised and redeemed All praise to the king
The victor of the battle High noon in the valley In the valley of the shadow