I didn’t realise
that you thought of me
right from the start.
I didn’t know
that even before I was formed
that you planned how my heart would be spoken for
I never imagined,
how much you loved me, Jesus;
So much that you would lay
your life down for me
Here I am yet again, asking;
'How did you do it?'
'How could you bear all the weight
of all our sins, the wages of death?
Even if you shared a glimpse, a picture of what it was like
The fact is, I will never be able to get it!
When I consider;
your pain, your blood
Oh! my Redeemer!
Your life as ransom for mine
Oh! my Deliverer!
The price that you paid;
Oh! my Restorer!
The fire from the burns of your wounds,
Oh! my Refiner!
All this suffering so that you would become my salvation;
leaves the Cross a beautiful mystery,
full of power to give us new and everlasting life
Yes, this is perfection!
This is what our souls yearns for!
This is truth!
And it doesn’t get any better,
It doesn’t get any deeper
Than this Special Gift of Love;
Jesus Christ, our Risen King!
Afua Richardson-Parry ( 2019)