When I think about the cross ,
NO words can describe
the awe that I feel
at the price you paid.
When I think of the cross
and the agony you suffered
My mind just can't comprehend
a love so great.
You gave it all, you gave yourself
you, the king of eternity
allowed yourself to experience death
For lost, uncaring people.
Your creation in rebellion
Forsaking you, the master of all,
You could have brought this world to an end
Yet you chose to give the gift of life.
And what a life, what a hope!
Can any words fitly describe it?
Life with you, by your love surrounded,
through the challenges and struggles we face.
Then, when this life is all over
We will be forever with you!
This is our hope this sustains us
And were it not for the cross this could not be.
O, if not for the cross, what a dreary prospect,
the eternal future of pain and woe
This is what we deserve for our rejection
But in faith we receive eternal, blissful life!
Because of the cross and the empty tomb
Because of your life, death and resurrection
We, who were your enemies are free
to live forever in your love.
O how special was the life you lived,
How full of beauty and truth your teachings,
Yet, more meaningful and precious than anything
Are the cross and the empty tomb.
One stands for the price you paid
When you gave yourself as an offering
One stands for victory over death
And for the life and the hope we have in you.