Love was When

1 John 4:19
"We love him, because he first loved us."

          Love was when God became a man,
          Locked in time and space, without rank or place;
          Love was God born of Jewish kin;
          Just a carpenter with some fishermen;

          Love was when Jesus walked in history,
          Lovingly He brought a new life that's free,
          Love was God nailed to bleed and die
          To reach and love one such as I.

          Love was when God became a man,
          Down where I could see love that reached to me;
          Love was God dying for my sin
          And so trapped was I my whole world caved in.

          Love was when Jesus met me, now it's real;
          Lovingly He came, I can feel He's real!
          Love was God, only He would try
          To reach and love one such as I.


Return to the Songbook