When you think what you were told

WHEN YOU THINK WHAT YOU WERE TOLD
does it take your breath away—
how the Saviour of the world
once a tiny infant lay?
Where the sheep and donkey fed
our Redeemer we can see
born this human path to tread
all for love of you and me.

2 Have you heard God’s angels sing
to the shepherds in the night,
and the news they came to bring
from the glorious realms of light?
For a gift of greater worth
never was or yet could be—
grace to sinners, peace on earth
all for love of you and me.

3 When our days are filled with pain,
when dark clouds obscure the road,
when we long for joy again—
let us turn our thoughts to God:
how his only Son was given
on a cross to set us free;
Christ becomes the way to heaven
all for love of you and me!