18. I Know How Jesus Felt

I gotta tell you what I’m feeling Lord,
A great deep sense of loss
I imagine that is how you felt, 
On your way up to the Cross.

That day at the Last Supper,
Eating with your friends
I know the pain that you went through, 
The betrayal at the end.

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Oh Jesus, I know how you felt (2)

I feel like you felt in the garden, Lord,
I have a sense of fear,
I don’t know what’s gonna happen, Lord,
I feel my end is near.

I trusted my friends to be with me,
To stay in my hour of need,
But just like how it happened with you,
They didn’t pay no heed.

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I wanna pray like you did, Lord,
“Please take this cup from me,”
And though you said “Let your will be done”
I’m not as brave as I wanna be.

Then my foes, they took their aim,
And tried to bring me down,
And those who said they’d stick with me,
They just didn’t hang around.

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And now I'm here, standing Lord,
Looking at my cross,
But I now see it the way you did,
That this is what it costs.

There ain’t no way to the other side,
To be truly born again,
Without the death that comes before,
And the darkness and the pain.

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That’s why you hugged your cross, I know
Though you knew you’d be crucified,
Knowing what lay beyond death and the tomb,
Was life on the other side.

So now I’m not afraid, O Lord,
Of anything life might bring,
Through pain and hurt and a broken heart,
I have a new song to sing!

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© Aneel Aranha