Jesus, Friend Of Sinners

Jesus, friend of sinners

We have strayed so far away

We cut down people in Your name

But the sword was never ours to swing

Jesus, friend of sinners

The truth’s become so hard to see

The world is on their way to You

But they’re tripping over me

Always looking around, but never looking up

I’m so double minded

A plank-eyed saint with dirty hands

And a heart divided

Oh, Jesus, friend of sinners

Open our eyes to the world

At the end our pointing fingers

Let our hearts be led by mercy

Help us reach with open hearts and open doors

Oh, Jesus, friend of sinners

Break our hearts for what breaks Yours

Jesus, friend of sinners

The One whose writing in the sand

Made the righteous turn away

And the stones fall from their hands

Help us to remember

We are all the least of these

Let the memory of Your mercy

Bring Your people to their knees

Nobody knows what we’re for

Only what we’re against

When we judge the wounded

What if we put down our signs

Crossed over the lines

And loved like You did?

You love every lost cause

You reach for the outcast

For the leper and the lame

They’re the reason that You came

Lord, I was that lost cause

And I was the outcast

But You died for sinners just like me

A grateful leper at Your feet

‘Cause You are good

You are good

And Your love endures forever

And I was the lost cause

And I was the outcast

You died for sinners just like me

A grateful leper at Your feet