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©2005 Russell Baker
(8 bar intro)
If Christ Himself, who knew God's plan, could still be moved to tears,
And cry out for another way, in anguish and in fear,
Then surely He must know the depth of my most desperate plea,
And He will be... an advocate for me.
If Christ Himself, God's own dear son, at His most awful hour,
Was cut loose from His Father's love, abandoned by His power,
Then surely when we cannot see an answer to our prayer,
Our Saviour knows... the burden that we bear.
If Christ Himself, who knew no sin, its penalty could bear,
A judgement that seemed so unjust, a suffering so unfair,
Then if this world of pain and need compels us to ask why,
Our Saviour feels... the turmoil in our cry.
Oh, Christ my Saviour, and my Lord, I fall into Your grace.
In all my guilt, my doubt and fear, I long to see Your face.
Roll on the day when doubt will die, when pain and tears shall end,
As we behold... our Holy God and Friend.
©1999 Russell Baker
Mark 14:32-36. Thanks to Brian MacGeorge, who first published this song on the 2918 website: http://www.contact2918.n3.net
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