Friday, April 18, 2014

It Could Have Been Friday Forever

Before our Saviors love displayed
Constant sacrifice was made

To cover sin and ease the shame
Because the law was disobeyed

Unblemished blood was spilled each day
To keep the power of sin at bay

To find the Promised Land they prayed
His mighty power would lead the way

And then their came a precious King
To end the pain and suffering

They praised His name and led the way
With hopes his power would win the day

They didn’t understand the plan
God our Father designed for man

They chose the innocent again
To be slain by their own hand

When I remember that fateful day
How for man’s sins Our Lord was slain

I see the choices that I make
And realize how I partake

Because my sins cause others pain
I slay the innocent again

For sins, past present and to come
His sacrifice the victory won

Forgiveness and love that knows no measure
It could have been Friday forever

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Eyes of Grace




Hate the Sin and not the sinner
I was told when I found Grace
As He served so I could be His
I must serve to share His grace

How then do I hate the sin
If they think that I hate them
To let You judge and only love
Not to fear but just to care

I asked You to reveal the way
To reach their hearts and feel their pain
To stand on truth because it heals
And let them know your love is real

In Your Word there was a time
When men condemned someone to die
And you asked those who stood by
To cast a stone if sin denied

And when you wrote upon the sand
Not even one could raise a hand
They turned away and could not face
Their sinful hearts in need of grace

Then I remembered love that flowed
Still in my sin Your grace bestowed
On your forgiveness now I stand
No victory by my own hand

The pain, the lies, the circumstance
When I thought there was no chance
How can I hate or judge or shun
Those from the very place I’ve come

When in paradise by grace
Among the saved I see their face
How will I look them in the eye
If I know I passed them by

No difference here or there between us
It is Your Grace that has redeemed us
And Your Word that speaks the truth
Into our hearts and makes us new