Michael Card Album: The Ancient Faith (box set) - Part 1 Track: Asleep on Holy Ground (Israel)
Asleep on Holy Ground (Israel) Lyrics
A stone for a pillow as hard as his head He slept on holy ground The dreaming deciever, he drempt of a ladder With angels up and down
And the ladder was a way The stairway was a sign The gates of heaven opened wide Revealing the divine
Asleep on holy ground he lay Oblivious to the night Inside his head and heart were full of inexpressible light Soon he would be confronted by the friend that we most fear Asleep on holy ground he lay Deceitful blessed seer
The dream that he drempt now transformed to a nightmare As he wrestled with a man The unearthly power of his beloved opponent made Jacob understand
That the wrestling was the way The struggle was the sign He limped away his lesson learned Now Israel was defined
Chorus: He limped away on holy ground awakened from the dream Having learned his costly lesson from the way of the Nazarine That pain's the path to blessing love will fight us to be found And God remains a dream to those who sleep on holy ground
