Suffering, You chose to stay
within the grip of deaths dark way.
With one word, Your awesome power
could have freed You that same hour.
But Your agony led to victory,
as You laid down Your life for me.
Knowing what would come through loss
You chose to embrace the cross,
to embrace the pain,
to come forth as gold through suffering.
To embrace the cross,
Jesus, You placed Your life
in the Fathers loving hands.
and His power was displayed,
as perfected You were made
By embracing the cross.
Suffering, I turn to You.
Seeking relief from what Im going through.
But Your will, Lord, not mine,
will lead to deeper trust as You refine.
Please break me, and remake me,
so Your glory they will see.
Knowing what comes through this loss
I choose to embrace the cross,
to embrace the pain,
to come forth as gold through suffering.
To embrace the cross,
I place my life
in my Fathers loving hands.
May His power be displayed,
as more like You I am made
by embracing the cross.
Tom Felten
