Before today (Easter reflection)

I bow down in sweet surrender

As I see nailed to a cross

One whose name the world remembers

Who was called the Son of God

As I gaze at him he gestures

From this moment I am free

Oh what love could be more tender

Than this love that I now see?

On the road up to Golgotha

He called out, “Oh do not weep

For I know where I am headed

And I know who’s going with me

Cry instead for all the others

That their hearts will be set free

Who although they’ve been invited

Are not ready to believe”

Where else exists a love

As beautiful as this

Whose every velvet whisper

Floods me like a kiss - in the rain

Finding in your eyes

A depth of holy supernatural bliss

Where I’m feeling more secure

Than I’ve never known before - today?

When he cried out ‘it is finished’

He was welcoming ‘the bride’

And the promise set before him

Gave him faith and strength to rise

Oh but nothing is diminished

Through the years that have gone by

Every second, every minute

Is the breath of paradise

Here I know the Father loves me

In his arms I long to stay

There’s no army could abduct me

Or could pull my heart astray

Love released my soul from prison

And has healed my heart from pain

For in Christ now I have risen

For his glory born again

Where else exists a love

As beautiful as this

Whose every velvet whisper

Floods me like a kiss - in the rain

Finding in your eyes

A depth of holy supernatural bliss

Where I’m feeling more secure

Than I’ve never known before - today?

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