"When Love Sees You" by Third Day

by Chuck Spangler

Grace Memorial Parishioner and Vestry Member

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is:  Hear O Israel:  The Lord our God is one Lord;, and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is this:  Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  There is no other commandment greater than these."
Mark 28:28-31

For my final “Greatest Hits – July”, I offer “When Love Sees You” by Third Day.  This cut seems to illustrate “agape” love in the form of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’s example.

Cut: “When Love Sees You”
Artist: Third Day
CD/Album: The Story

Lyrics:

​Blessed are you as you weep on your knees, with perfume and tears washing over My feet
And blessed are you, beggar, hopeless and blind, Calling for mercy when I'm passing by

Blessed are you, shaking your head, at two tiny fish and some bread
And blessed are you as you tremble and wait For the first stone thrown at your sinful disgrace

Tell Me your story, show Me your wounds, and I'll show you what Love sees when Love looks at you
Hand Me the pieces, broken and bruised, and I'll show you what Love sees when Love sees you

Blessed are you, walking on waves, to find yourself sinking when you look away
Blessed are you, leper, standing alone, the fear on their faces is all that you've known

Blessed are you, lonely widow who gave your last shiny coin to Yahweh.
Blessed are you with your silver and lies, kissing the One who's saving your life

Tell Me your story, show Me your wounds…And I'll show you what Love sees when Love looks at you
Hand Me the pieces, broken and bruised, and I'll show you what Love sees when Love sees you

I see what I made in your mother's womb and I see the day I fell in love with you
I see your tomorrows, nothing left to chance, I see My Father's fingerprints

I see your story, I see My name, written on every beautiful page
You see the struggle, you see the shame, I see the reason I came.

I came for your story, I came for your wounds, to show you what Love sees when I see you

Yeah, yeah, when I see you…when I see you, oh, whoa, whoa