Thursday Hymn Reflection: “O Lord, You’re Beautiful”

Today’s hymn is short, and is also fairly new, being just 30 years old. Keith Green wrote this short song as a simple song of praise. The song (as it is found in most song books) contains just 2 verses of 4 lines each, but the song is amazingly powerful despite its brevity.

The song is really a prayer song that does two things. First, the song focuses on God and is a simple statement of trust on Him. Second, the song asks God to continue to provide love and forgiveness to us, even when our faith is wavering.

At Lebanon Road, I like to lead the first verse of the song, then sing the words to “The Lord My Shepherd Is” to the same tune. We then go back and sing the first verse of “O Lord, You’re Beautiful” again. This was not originally my idea, but it adds more than just length to the song. It adds a great deal of depth and meaning to an already beautiful song.

Here are the lyrics to this brief song of praise:

O Lord, You’re beautiful,

Your face is all I seek,

And when Your eyes are on this child,

Your grace abounds to me.

O Lord, please light the fire,

That once burned bright and clear;

Replace the lamp of my first love,

That burns with holy fear.

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Sorry, but I could not find a video containing an acapella version of this song, and I am having trouble uploading an audio file from my computer of the song. If you can help, please contact me with information.