The Shame and Love of the Cross

[The Shame and Love of the Cross]

[Verse 1]
Naked shame upon the Lord descends
Bearing sinners' disgrace in love's amends
Filthy stains of sin, washed in agony's tide
Wounds reveal tears in divine pride

[Chorus]
Oh, love of the cross, blood's eternal weep
Nailed hands and feet, sighs so deep
Repent in tears, holiness pursue
Heaven's gates open in glory true

[Verse 2]
Outer robe divided in four cruel shares
Israel's form lost in scattered prayers
Inner garment cast lots, seamless whole
Jewish faith endures, unbreakable soul

[Chorus]
Oh, love of the cross, blood's eternal weep
Nailed hands and feet, sighs so deep
Repent in tears, holiness pursue
Heaven's gates open in glory true

[Verse 3]
Jerusalem falls, stone upon stone no more
Jewish sorrows in history's bloodied lore
Nazi horrors, stripped in death's cold grasp
Curse repaid in Lord's redeeming clasp

[Chorus]
Oh, love of the cross, blood's eternal weep
Nailed hands and feet, sighs so deep
Repent in tears, holiness pursue
Heaven's gates open in glory true

[Verse 4]
Sins of hands and feet, atoned in pain
Nailed to cross in torment's chain
Prolonged agony, weight pulls down
Eternal freedom in suffering's crown

[Chorus]
Oh, love of the cross, blood's eternal weep
Nailed hands and feet, sighs so deep
Repent in tears, holiness pursue
Heaven's gates open in glory true

[Verse 5]
Lips repent, hearts in sin remain
False words, Lord rebukes in pain
Cast off sin, holiness embrace
Child of God in sacred space

[Chorus]
Oh, love of the cross, blood's eternal weep
Nailed hands and feet, sighs so deep
Repent in tears, holiness pursue
Heaven's gates open in glory true

[Verse 6]
Trumpet sounds, awake in prayerful night
Bride adorn, no shame in sight
Cross's love remember, hearts aflame
Eternal thanks in heaven's name

[Chorus]
Oh, love of the cross, blood's eternal weep
Nailed hands and feet, sighs so deep
Repent in tears, holiness pursue
Heaven's gates open in glory true