Compassion Hymn

There is an everlasting kindness you lavished on us,

When the radiance of heaven came to rescue the lost.

You called the sheep without a shepherd to leave their

Distress

For your streams of forgiveness and the shade of your

Rest.

What boundless love, what fathomless grace

You have shown us, o god of compassion.

Each day we live an offering of praise

As we show to the world your compassion.

And with compassion for the hurting you reached out

Your hand

As the lame ran to meet you and the dead breathed

Again.

You saw behind the eyes of sorrow and shared in our

Tears;

Heard the sigh of the weary, let the children draw

Near.

We stood beneath the cross of calvary and gazed on your

Face

At the thorns of oppression and wounds of disgrace;

For surely you have borne our suffering and carried out

Grief,

As you pardoned the scoffer and showed grace to the

Thief.

How beautiful the feet that carry this gospel of peace

To the fields of injustice and the valleys of need.

To be a voice of hope and healing, to answer the cries

Of the hungry and helpless, with the mercy of christ.