All Our Joy

Refrain:

All our joy, Lord, all our pain,

All the times we've met you,

Lord, we recall again.

Now we wish to show our love;

Through gifts, we make it known.

Take what we bring; make us your own.

Like the dew that carpets dawn,

Your love for us pervades the morn;

And meets us at each corner, in each smile.

And though it lingers through the day,

Our minds will turn and drift away, 

So here we come to thank and to recall.

Refrain.

To touch our hearts and make them feel,

That all the love you claim is real.

You sent your Son in laughter and in tears.

But he not only talked; he died

His bruises showed the love inside,

And through our gifts the love we feel

appears.

Refrain.

Darryl Ducote