HYMN ~ ~ THE JEWELS OF SUFFERING

                                                                         When I meditate upon your bleeding on the cross, my Lord


                                                                                  And I think upon your every painful wound

My heart swells with such a burning love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I muse upon the crown of thorns pressed on your head, my King

And I gaze upon your nail-scarred hands and feet

My heart magnifies with deeper love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I survey the throbbing soreness of your broken heart, my Friend

How your surely were consumed by all my sin

Then my heart rises with overwhelming love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I ponder how you chose this path of life for me, my Love

And I consider You alone are all my Prize

Then I take up my own cross to follow closely after You

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I consider all your gentle touches, loving Master

And how you brush me with sweet kisses and embrace me

Then I am struck with fervent ardor as I meet you face to face

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

1/23/04

Luke 9:23—“And He said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”

Heb. 12:2—“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Heb. 13:12-14—“Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own Blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto Him without the camp, bearing His reproach. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”

1 Pet. 4:1-2—“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for He that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin.

THE JEWELS OF SUFFERING

1/23/04~

When I meditate upon your bleeding on the cross, my Lord

And I think upon your every painful wound

My heart swells with such a burning love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I muse upon the crown of thorns pressed on your head, my King

And I gaze upon your nail-scarred hands and feet

My heart magnifies with deeper love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I survey the throbbing soreness of your broken heart, my Friend

How your surely were consumed by all my sin

Then my heart rises with overwhelming love for you

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I ponder how you chose this path of life for me, my Love

And I consider You alone are all my Prize

Then I take up my own cross to follow closely after You

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

When I consider all your gentle touches, loving Master

And how you brush me with your sweet kisses and embrace me

Then I am struck with fervent ardor as I meet you face to face

And I fall in love with you . . . all over again.

John 19:34
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.

Mark 15:17
And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

Ephesians 2:16
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.

Philippians 3:18
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.


Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.