Fareham United Reformed Church

I am Alpha and Omega

I am Alpha
I was here in the beginning, the beginning of all that is.
Before the world was, I was here, waiting, waiting for you.
Before there was sea or crushing waves,
Before there was sky or rushing clouds,
Before there was land or snow covered mountains,
I was here.

I was here in the beginning.
Before the fish swam or the insects crawled,
Before the cockerels crowed or the lions roared,
Before the singing of a million feathered life-forms greeted the rising sun,
I was here.

I am Alpha
I was here before man and woman came into being,
Before you built your homes,
Before you worked in the fields or subdued the land,
Before you discovered technology or sought to control the world through science.
I was here.

I was here in the beginning,
Before you lived or loved,
Before you talked or toiled,
Before your worried weariness made you doubt my existence.
I was here waiting, waiting for you.

I am Alpha
There is nothing I have not seen.
There is nowhere I have not been.
There is nothing I do not know or have not experienced,
No situation that I have not encountered,
No emotion that I do not have,
No feeling that I cannot understand.
There is no joy too great, no laughter too loud,
No amusement that I cannot enjoy,
No caring touch that I cannot feel.

I was here in the beginning.
There is no sorrow I cannot share,
No tears too deep, no pain too great,
No aching loneliness that I have not known,
No hatred or betrayal that I have not suffered.
Nothing is new to me.
Before the world began, I was here, waiting, waiting for you.
I am Alpha. Before the world began, ‘I am’.

I am Omega
I am the end,
The end of all that was, the end of all that will be.
I am the last, the final curtain.
When the world is no more and all is still,
I’ll be there waiting, waiting for you.

I am Omega
When the sun no longer shines and the rain ceases,
When mists no longer gather, nor snowflakes fall,
When the wind stops its constant roaming and rainbows are but a distant memory,
I’ll be there.

When wheat no longer grows, nor kestrels dive,
When boats no longer sail, nor passengers arrive,
When loud music ceases and all is hushed,
I’ll be there, waiting, waiting for you.

I am Omega
When you have done your worst to destroy my world,
Pulled down my trees, flattened my forests,
Polluted my rivers and plundered the land,
Altered the genes and confused the life-cycles,
I’ll be there.

When you have exploded your bombs and fought your wars,
Race against race, colour against colour,
When you have abused the young and ridiculed the old,
When you have ignored the poor and disobeyed my teaching,
I’ll be there, waiting, waiting for you.

I am Omega
I am the end.
One day I will return and take you with me.
You need not fear me, for I love you.
I created you in my image,
Made you to live in my world,
To know its joys and woes,
To work, to play, to love!
To win, to lose and start again,
To live and breathe and know that I am your God and you are my people.
I am the end.
When evil is banished and all creation is at peace again as it was in the beginning,
I’ll be there.

For I am Alpha and Omega,
The beginning and the end,
The first and the last,
And I am waiting, waiting for you.