Sorrowful, yet you are always rejoicing
Oft struck down, slandered, yet going on living
Naked, put to shame, but ne’er without clothing
In sadness tearful, found with soul singing
SO…
With warm embrace my arms will welcome you home
My Holy Name on your heart has been engraved
Your love for me proven, fills many a tome
Your presence, my Bride, in my Hall of Fame saved
In awe of me, hearing my word you tremble
Oft thinking this day you cannot rise to face
Pouring out your heart, made weak, you are humbled
Yet behind the veil you’ve cried through to my grace
SO…
With warm embrace my arms will welcome you home
My Holy Name on your heart has been engraved
Your love for me proven, fills many a tome
Your presence, my Bride, in my Hall of Fame saved
With great courage you hug the next one hurting
No one to share your pain oft you walk alone
But feeling hope, the warmth of my face smiling
Each day you march onward, your life not your own
SO…
With warm embrace my arms will welcome you home
My Holy Name on your heart has been engraved
Your love for me proven, fills many a tome
Your presence, my Bride, in my Hall of Fame saved
As a drink offering you pour out your life
Into a soul, their wounded life you invest
Yet that one you love turns, being filled with strife
Against you they speak claiming you have not blessed
SO…
With warm embrace my arms will welcome you home
My Holy Name on your heart has been engraved
Your love for me proven, fills many a tome
Your presence, my Bride, in my Hall of Fame saved.
Wanting to quit, but My love can’t be shaken
A lost sheep crying, your heart again opens
Risking anew the pain of being forsaken
My life you have followed, the cross you have chosen
SO…
With your last breath a confession you will make
“God is good, from me His love will ne’er depart.”
And I’ll call, “Come my beloved, for my sake,
Enter my Hall of Fame, your home from the start.”