He cares

God is my Father, and He cares. All the time, He cares for me. When others do not, He does. When I do not deserve it, which is all of the time, He cares. He shows this to me, not when I am licking my wounds of self-pity or bitterness, but when I am undone by my sinfulness before a Holy God. When I rightly see God as God and myself as the chief of sinners, He reminds me that He is my loving Father. He cares. Why would He care? "Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer. But this I know with all my heart, His wounds have paid my ransom." Jesus really is the lover of my soul, and I really do have the only true God as my Father. My Father cares.

How deep the Father's love for us

How vast beyond all measure

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss

The Father turns His face away

As wounds which mar the chosen One

Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross

My sin upon His shoulders

Ashamed I hear my mocking voice

Call out among the scoffers

It was my sin that held Him there

Until it was accomplished

His dying breath has brought me life

I know that it is finished

I will not boast in anything

No gifts, no power, no wisdom

But I will boast in Jesus Christ

His death and resurrection

Why should I gain from His reward?

I cannot give an answer

But this I know with all my heart

His wounds have paid my ransom

How Deep the Father's Love for Us; words and music by Stuart Townsend

copyright 1995 Thankyou Music (PRS)

photo: the Alps in Bolzano, Italy 2007