| Gaze at the cross See a body torn A body mutilated A body ravished Selah Gaze at the cross See a soul in agony A soul afflicted A soul in torment Selah He took it all Our weakness Our poverty Our sickness Our sin Selah He bore it all The pain The weakness The humiliation Selah A love so deep A love so strong A love so fathomless He became sin He became the impoverished one The ugly one The forsaken The crucified For you and for me Selah His love His obedience His sacrifice Take it in Receive it Be open to it Be born again And receive the Spirit Selah Life through death Peace through torment Joy through shame A sign of contradiction A paradox Only by dying Do we receive eternal life Death for life Selah Gaze at the cross And see the crucified The very love of God See my Jesus My Lord and my God Amen |