GOD DIED FOR ME.

I am overwhelmed and awed
 When I realize that God,
By Whose hand the worlds were framed,
 Became a man and suffered pain

And died upon a cursed tree
 For sinners such as you and me;
Yes, God Himself, in Jesus Christ,
 For us became the sacrifice;

He, Whose name is the "I AM",
 Became the sacrificial Lamb
Who, for the sin of Adam's race,
 Suffered humiliation and disgrace,

Was beaten, spat on, mocked, reviled,
 That man to Him should be reconciled,
Redeemed, the full price paid,
 For all our sin on Him was laid.

Yes, I am overwhelmed and awed
 When I realize that God,
Who made the worlds and all that is,
 Died on a cross to make me His.

a. franklin staples

March 6, 1993

Copyright © 1993
by
A. Franklin Staples