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69. HE KNOWS IT ALL (23)
Lord, You can see when human hearts are breaking
beneath the weight of sin, despair and pain,
Those lonely lives – those souls who’re sick with aching
for purpose, love, and hope to start again.
When all around seems dark with gloom and sorrow
With misery, and suffering, want and need,
When people feel they cannot face tomorrow
And from their hopeless state long to be freed.
You had a lonely road to walk on too, O Lord,
You breathed the air we breathe, felt weary too;
You came to save and not to gain reward,
And people scoffed and mocked, and turned their backs on You.
You felt the hurt and pain of being rejected
You met with trials, disappointments, fears,
And though Your faith in God was not affected
At times You too shed very bitter tears.
Each person has a different need, that’s true,
And has those times of feeling so alone,
And yet You see what they are going through
For all their problems You’ve already known.
No persons’ needs exceed the needs You’ve known,
No human being can ever suffer more,
No-one can be so utterly alone
Or have to bear just what it was You bore.
O Lord, whenever life becomes too much
And pressure mounts, and leads souls to despair;
Remind Your children everywhere by Your loving touch
that You endured their human pains to show them that You care.
So Lord, wherever human hearts are breaking
Where human minds are ravaged, sick with fear,
Give them that peace which eases all the aching,
And the comfort of Your Presence, always near.
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