By word and deed, in stories too
He showed God’s love was really true
The blind could see, the deaf could hear
The lame could walk, the sad could cheer
The broken-hearted stood up straight
The burdened poor could celebrate
Around him gathered social scum
The love of God had bid them come
The Great I AM came in disguise
And used God’s name to their surprise
I AM the Shepherd of the sheep
My life laid down for them to keep
I AM the gate, I hold the key
All will be saved who come through me
I AM the bread of life, come take
My body given for your sake
I AM the light of life, come quick
To light your candle, trim your wick
I AM the resurrection and
The life by which the dead will stand
I AM the vine, in me abide
And let my Father prune your pride
I AM the truth, the life, the way
No other path is on display
Now Jesus found in Peter’s boat
A place where he could rest and float
And in that boat a precious space
Where he could sleep and where the pace
Of life slowed to a gentler norm
Until one day a violent storm
Blew up and caused the lads to quake
From death there could be no escape
And while they laboured hard to keep
The boat afloat, their Saviour’s sleep
Was undisturbed, did he not care?
They woke him with a desperate prayer
Awake, Oh sleeper! We are doomed!
The Lord above the thunder boomed
Be still and know that I AM God
His arm aloft a lightning rod
And in the deathly hush that fell
Upon them so that none could tell
The panic that now filled their hearts
Who was this man whose word imparts
Such absolute authority?
He rules the sky, the winds, the sea!
But now there loomed another storm
A legion of the devil’s spawn
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