Here might I stay and sing:
no story so divine;
never was love, dear King,
never was grief like Thine!
This is my Friend,
in Whose sweet praise
I all my days
could gladly spend.
Never is a long time. Never before, and never again, can there be grief and love like that of Jesus on the Cross. The song of Love unknown, the Saviour’s love to me, tells of a love blazing with such holy mystery, that a lifetime of praise is only the beginning of a song that will find full orchestration in the music of Eternity.
Today is the day of resurrection, and in this last verse rather than “stay and sing” at the tomb, we are sent into the world to gladly spend all our days in the praise and worship and telling of our dear King, our Friend, Jesus. Holy Week is the story of our lives, the call to take up our own cross and follow the Risen One who goes before us. No story is so divine – “love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be.
Prayer: Lord, call us once again, and strengthen us to take up the cross. Give us grace to follow you today, and entrust to you all our tomorrows. Saviour, go before us to show the way, and walk beside us as our Friend, Amen.
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