De vleesgeworden liefde ... (Met songtekst)

Gisteren heb ik kunnen kennismaken met een song van Stuart Townend, With a Prayer (Love incarnate). In het Nederlands staat het lied in de bundel "Opwekking": nummer 647. Jammer genoeg vond ik voorlopig nog geen clip op internet, ook niet op youtube. Een mp3 snor je zelf wel op.

Het nummer is Christus-gericht, en is een gebed dat we zijn opofferende liefde zouden mogen vertonen in onze gebroken wereld. Zie ook 1 Petrus 2:21-24.

WITH A PRAYER You fed the hungry,
With a cry You stilled the storm;
With a look You had compassion
On the desperate and forlorn.
With a touch You healed the leper,
With a shout You raised the dead;
With a word expelled the demons,
With a blessing broke the bread.

Love incarnate, love divine,
Captivate this heart of mine
Till all I do speaks of You.

As a sheep before the shearer
You were silent in Your pain;
You endured humiliation
At the hands of those You’d made.
And as hell unleashed its fury
You were lifted on a tree,
Crying ‘Father God, forgive them,
Place their punishment on Me.’

I will feed the poor and hungry,
I will stand up for the truth;
I will take my cross and follow
To the corners of the earth.
And I ask that You so fill me
With Your peace, Your power, Your breath,
That I never love my life so much
To shrink from facing death.

Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2002 Thankyou Music