LOOK TO THE CROSS

 

Have you suffered many things?
Has this life been in the main
A long interminable battle
With disappointment and pain?
Gaze on the crucified Jesus!
In Him you will clearly see
One who bore great agony
And sin, for you and me.

Do you secretly judge a holy God
For the horrible mess we are in,
And think to blame our Creator
For the end results of our sin?
Lift your eyes to the loving Savior
Who died with a broken heart
To purchase our salvation
And give us a brand new start.

Do you wonder at the world’s woes,
Its wickedness and strife,
With a sinking heart that quite despairs
At the betterment of life?
Look away to the cross of Calvary
Where a way of escape has been made
And a ransom for the souls of men
Through blood and tears was paid.

© Nesta F Sutherland