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HOW JESUS SAW ME

The years had left scars.  The scars had left pain.

How could He love me, I wasn’t the same.

I knew I should pay, and I knew the price

For justice and law demanded my life.

But His tender heart, heard my desperate cry

And saw my past through His merciful eyes.

Though I was broken and so very lost

Jesus looked past my sin and my faults.

The justice of God saw what I had done

But mercy was granted through His precious Son.

Not what I was, but what I could be

That is how Jesus saw me.

Wherever you’ve gone, you can’t go too far

That His eyes of mercy can’t see where you are.

He loves you too much, to leave you alone.

His arms of mercy can reach where you’ve gone.

And His heart cries out, to your heart today

See yourself through His eyes, then you will say.

“Sin has ruined my future and stolen my soul

But through Jesus’ blood, I am made whole.

Though I was broken and lost and undone

Mercy was given through the death of His Son.”

Not what I was, but what I could be

That’s how Jesus saw me.

The justice of God sees what you have been,

And justice is waiting for you for your sin.

Your life can be changed and that sentence be gone

For by Jesus’ shed blood the victory’s been won.

Come to Him for mercy, His arms open wide

Are longing to hold you, that’s why He died.

He sees you and loves you and cares about you

He offers His mercy today to you too.

Not what I was, but what I could be

That’s how Jesus saw me.