Lost in human expectation, cannot grasp the reason why,
love in human incarnation,
has to suffer, had to die.
Yet it seems our understanding,
narrowed by our self-concern,
makes us even more demanding,
yet less able to discern.
Verses 3-4 follow
Tune: ALL FOR JESUS, STUTTGART
Metre: 8.7.8.7
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 19/8/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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