this is life

This Is Life
w/m George Burden Bubier, Ryan Itzel, Bill Itzel

I would commune with Thee my God
And to Thy throne I come
I leave my joys, I leave my sins
And seek in Thee my home

Both pleasures light and pressures grave
Are lifted from my mind
While basking in your holiness
I see myself refined

Chorus
Oh, this is life! Oh, this is joy! 
My God, to find Thee so! 
Thy face to see, Thy voice to hear
And all Thy love to know!

I stand upon the mount of God 
With sunlight in my soul
I hear the storms in vales beneath
I hear the thunders roll

But I am calm with Thee, my God
Beneath these glorious skies
And to the heights on which I stand
Nor storms nor clouds can rise

In Your presence Lord
sweet community
The world cannot equal
the Word and prayer to Thee