Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Coming Home

I heard this song over the weekend at our ski retreat. It reminded me to return home, to remember the cross.

"The Wonder of the Cross" by Vicky Beeching
O precious sight my Savior stands
Dying for me with outstretched hands
O precious sight I love to gaze
Remembering salvation’s day
Remembering salvation’s day

Though my eyes linger on the scene
May passing time and years not steal
The power with which it impacts me
The freshness of its mystery
The freshness of its mystery

May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost
Undone by mercy and left speechless
Watching wide-eyed at the cost
May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross

Behold the God-man crucified
The perfect sinless sacrifice
His blood ran down those nails and wood
And history was split in two
Yes, history was split in two

Behold the empty wooden tree
His body gone, alive and free
We’ll sing with everlasting joy
For sin and death have been destroyed
Yes, sin and death have been destroyed
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May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross
May I see it like the first time
Standing as a sinner lost
Undone by mercy and left speechless
Watching wide-eyed at the cost
May I never lose the wonder
The wonder of the cross

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