Bear_the_Cross

Background song: Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone?

I feel the world around me growing colder
Is there nothing I can do to make it stop?

People live their lives in sickness, pain, and death.
Others look upon them with contempt upon each breath.
Children cry for lack of food-families are torn apart.
Lives are lost and wasted from deceptions of the heart.
These are the bitter battles of a dying world-a world without a God-
A world of hopeless agony with each step man would trod.
A world without a God of peace, of mercy, love, and grace-
Never feeling tender love burn from a Savior's face.
It's a world without the comfort that only He can give-
Or knowing the joy of having a life worthy to live.
They fill their lives with peace that will only pass away
When trials come and rain falls upon their troubled way.
It’s a world of constant bitterness filled with an empty ache
That, unless by a mighty hand are turned, will surely end in death.
I must spread the good news of a Savior from above-
It is my call and honor to warm this land with love:
It is God's love that spans all time and space that I can not deny
And I must reach the lowest depths before my time is nigh.
What love would cause a man to die so other souls could live?
Could any other Man be found who for these His life would give?
No love like this will ever been found-
And no one could ever love enough to do the same.
It is a cross that has made all the difference-but a cross is a cruel thing.
And who would take upon himself the torture that a cross would bring?
Ah, but I a cross do have-though not the cross He bore.
See there's a world around me that's dying just the same.
And in my heart I have the answer-the only answer.
To share this love that was given to me-it seems a fearful task.
Then I think of my Savior and Lord-fearful for him, dare I ask?
He did not turn away from the call-why should I be so at ease?
Should Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world go free?
No-there's a cross for everyone-and there's a cross for me.

I feel the world around me growing colder.
The thing that I must do is bear the cross.