This is My Friend
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What a gloious truth - that we have been called the "friend of God!" (James 2:23) Even more specifically, because Jesus became a man, he is able to understand our weakness for He himself both experienced the results of sin (though not His own) and bore our sins in His body on the cross (1 Peter 2:24). In this song we remember the truth that Jesus is our "friend" despite our lovelessness. Hebrews goes on to tell us: "We do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:15-16). Because of what Jesus has done, and all that he suffered - taking on frail flesh and dying, giving up his heavenly throne for a time, and knowing no earthly comforts - we can find fullness of joy praising His name!Lyrics | (Show Original Wordings) |
Love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be.
O who am I that for my sake
My Lord should take frail flesh, and die?
Chorus:
This is my friend
In whose sweet praise
I all my days
Could gladly spend.
He came from his blest throne salvation to bestow,
But men made strange, and none the longed-for Christ would know.
But O my friend, my friend indeed,
Who at my need his life did spend.
In life no house, no home my Lord on earth might have;
In death no friendly tomb but what a stranger gave.
What may I say? Heaven was his home;
But mine the tomb wherein he lay.
Bridge:
Never was loss,
Never was love
Like what he showed
There on the cross,
This is my friend...
Words by Samuel Crossman (1624-1683) and David Ward. Music by David L. Ward.
© 2003 ThousandTongues.org, admin by Thousand Tongues.
© 2003 ThousandTongues.org, admin by Thousand Tongues.
What a wonderful setting of this beautiful text! Thanks - we're looking forward to singing it this Palm Sunday.