I cannot know the love

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  • 1015

I cannot know the love that brought you down to earth.
I dare not think that it reflects upon my worth.
I cannot quantify the gratitude I feel
that you left your home and Father just for me.

From eternal God to mortal man
designer subject to his plan;
from Father King to helpless child,
all heaven surrendered now.
You walked the road to death for me
in meekness and humility;
the priest became the sacrifice,
the Shepherd of the sheep became the Lamb.

2. I cannot grasp the heaven you gladly left behind.
You chose the bleak confinement of the human mind.
I cannot speak the words that overwhelm my heart
that you left your home and Father just for me.

3. I scarce can comprehend the grace you offer me;
that you should leave such glory, knowing what would be.
I cannot offer less than my life in return,
for you left your home and Father just for me.

© 2003 Andrew Lane
Andrew Lane

The Son - His Birth and Childhood

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The story behind the hymn

The theme of Christ’s sacrifice and servanthood is especially considered at Easter. This song was originally written for a Maundy Thursday service, but has since come to be a reflection appropriate for any service of communion, though it perhaps still has a special resonance around the Easter period.

A look at the author

Lane, Andrew

b 1959, Cambridge) is a professional writer who works in broadcasting. He leads the worship in an FIEC church. Apart from his main work, he has published Just for Me, a collection of new worship songs; The Flammable Ones, a volume of poetry for Advent and Christmas and three Christmas musicals. Andrew has won a prize in an international poetry competition and runs song writing workshops nationwide. Numbers 1015, 1016.