O Thou Who Hast Our Sorrows Borne

O Thou who hast our sorrows borne,
Help us to look on Thee and mourn,
On Thee whom we have slain,
Have pierced a thousand thousand times,
And by reiterated crimes
Renewed Thy mortal pain.

Vouchsafe us eyes of faith to see
The Man transfixed on Calvary,
To know Thee, who Thou art,
The one eternal God and true;
And let the sight affect, subdue,
And break my stubborn heart.

Lover of souls, to rescue mine,
Reveal the charity divine,
That suffered in my stead;
That made Thy soul a sacrifice,
And quenched in death those flaming eyes,
And bowed that sacred head.

The veil of unbelief remove,
And by Thy manifested love,
And by Thy sprinkled blood,
Destroy the love of sin in me,
And get Thyself the victory,
And bring me back to God.

Now let Thy dying love constrain
My soul to love its God again,
Its God to glorify;
And lo! I come Thy cross to share,
Echo Thy sacrificial prayer,
And with my Saviour die.

Isaiah 53:4-6

Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

-a hymn by John Wesley

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One Word

I woke up this morning with this upon my heart.
This is my morning worship to Thee oh God and may others join in this prayer.


There are none in front of Thee
There are none behind Thee
There are none beside Thee

You are One

When the sun rises in the morning
I remember Your mercies are new
When the moon shines in the night
I reflect upon Your love
For Your Son is beautiful
the reflection of the brightness of Your glory
We dare not look upon Your eyes
for You are a consuming fire
Yet your love demands intimacy
drawing us upon every Word
You call upon the morning dew
and we hear Your gentle voice in the Breeze
No language can convey
the sweetness of Your voice

How long will You tarry?
when will You speak again?
Our ears are to the ground
as we lie prostrate to the earth
Is this Your voice we hear
or do we listen for another?
Come oh God of Creation
speak to Your creatures
once again
Just one more word
to get us through the night

For You have said
we will endure unto the end
and thus we call to You
for You are our strength
else we die

3/31/2011