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WHEN WE KNEW NO BETTER
OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOOD
LOVE STILL FORGAVE US.
WHEN THE ROAD WAS TREACHEROUS
AND WE COULD NOT MOVE
LOVE CARRIED US ON HIS SHOULDERS.
LIKE A SHEPARD CRADLING A LAMB IN HIS ARMS.
GIVING US AN ASSURANCE THAT ALL IS WELL.
WHEN EVERYTHING WAS DARK AND WE WERE LOST,
LOVE WALKED ON THE SEA GUIDED OUR SAILS,
TO THE SHORE KEPT US FROM DROWNING
BY HIS WORD WE DID NOT SINK.
WHEN WE DID NOT KNOW
WHAT WE WOULD EAT FOR THE DAY
OF WHAT WE COULD NOT AFFORD.
LOVE MULTIPLIED A FEW LOAVES OF BREAD AND FISH
FEEDING THOUSANDS CEASING HUNGER AND MORE.
WHEN ARMIES AROSE AGAINST US
AND OUR CAMP WAS SURROUNDED.
LOVE COMFORT US AND OPENED THE EYES OF A SERVANT,
TO SEE HORSES CHARIOTS OF FIRE
ON THE HILL SIDE RADIANT AS CAN BE.
SO I TELL YOU DO NOT FEAR.
FOR IF LOVE AND MERCY
CAN HOLD THE GALAXIES
TOGETHER IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
HOW MUCH MORE COULD LOVE
HOLD YOUR BURDENS AND SORROWS.
WHEN WE WERE SICK AND UNWANTED BY MANY.
LOVE HEALED WASH AWAY OUR LEPROSY.
EVEN THOUGH ONLY ONE OF US
WOULD COME BACK TO GIVE THANKS HE STILL DID SO.
YOU SEE LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL,
IT DOES NOT COMPLAIN OR RETALIATE
BUT GLADLY ACCEPTS HATE.
HOPING THAT ONE DAY
WE WOULD UNDERSTAND FORGIVENESS
FOR OUR JUST CRIMES HAVE BEEN PAID.
THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO LIVE AS SLAVES
THE CHAINS HAVE BEEN BROKEN YOUR FREE TO GO.
THERE IS NO DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST OCEAN
OR THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
THAT CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM THIS LOVE.
KNOW THIS TRUTH LOVE IS NOT RELIGION
IT’S A HEAVENLY DIVINE
THAT WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE OR COMPARE.
LOVE IS HOLY JUST AND RIGHTEOUS
WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH.
LOVE IS WHAT TOOK OUR PENALTY
CRUCIFIED BETWEEN TWO THIEVES
AND WHEN ONE OF THEM WHO PLEADED
“REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU ENTER YOUR FATHER’S KINGDOM”
FOR THE THEFT KNEW HE WAS GUILTY
OF HIS JUST PUNISHMENT.
JESUS SPOKE AND SAID "ASSUREDLY I SAY TO YOU
TODAY YOU SHALL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE."
LOVE IS FORGIVING, MAJESTIC, KIND,
JOYFUL NEVER SHOUTING.
LOVE IS PRAISED.
LOVE IS VICTORIOUS PROTECTS THE AFFLICTED
EVEN IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY
WHEN YOUR CONDEMNATION CATCHES UP WITH YOU.
LOVE SPEAKS UP FOR THE VOICELESS.
HE WITHOUT SIN SHALL CAST THE FIRST STONE.
LOVE IS LONG-SUFFERING ENDURES PAIN
EVEN THOUGH CHRIST COULD’VE CALLED
10,000 ANGELS DURING HIS CRUCIFIXION.
LOVE CHOSE TO REMAIN.
LOVE CALLS US FRIENDS NOT ENEMIES.
LOVE SITS DOWN WITH SINNERS
AND SPEAKS PARABLES TO REACH PRODIGALS.
TO CLOTH OUR NAKEDNESS WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
LOVE DOES NOT ONLY LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE ITSELF.
LOVE IS ABUNDANT. LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
CHORUS:
WHEN WE KNEW NO BETTER OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GOOD
LOVE CRIED OUT AND STOOD PRAYED TO THE FATHER FORGIVE THEM
FOR THEY KNOW…
NOT WHAT THEY DO…
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