Lent - Day 16: Blessed are the Merciful, Part 2

The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

James 5:11b

I wanted to share with you one of my favorite songs from Phillips, Craig and Dean.  It begins with echoes of the sanctuary and Calvary, then Mercy personified. I am in tears by the time the song ends.  I am including the words, but not necessarily for you to sing along.  Read the words - then listen.  Have a wonderful  weekend.

Once there was a holy place, evidence of God's embrace

 And I can almost see mercy's face pressed against the veil.

Looking down with longing eyes, Mercy must have realized

That once His blood was sacrificed, freedom would prevail.

And as the sky grew dark and the earth began to shake

With justice no longer in the way 

Mercy came running like a prisoner set free

Past all my failures to the point of my need.

When the sin that I carried was all I could see,

And when I could not reach mercy

Mercy came running to me

 

Once there was a broken heart, way to human from the start

And all the years left it torn apart - hopeless and afraid.

Walls I never meant to build left this prisoner unfulfilled.

Freedom called but even still, it seemed so far away

I was bound by the chains from the wages of my sin

And just when I felt like giving in,

Mercy came running like a prisoner set free

Past all my failures to the point of my need.

When the sin that I carried was all I could see,

And when I could not reach mercy

Mercy came running to me

 

Sometimes I still feel so far -

So far from where I really should be

He gently calls to my heart

Just to remind me – 

Mercy came running like a prisoner set free

Past all my failures to the point of my need.

When the sin that I carried was all I could see,

And when I could not reach mercy

Mercy came running to me

Mercy Came Running

Phillips, Craig & Dean