LIFT JESUS UP

We lift You up sweet Jesus
in prayer, in psalm and hymn,
and spread the story of Your love
that You died to save all men.

From the spark of the beginning
Your coming was foretold,
and step by step the stage was set
events of glory to unfold.

In obedience and humbleness
the Virgin did comply,
to the will of God the Father
on her He could rely.

You came, You lived, You died, You rose
showing us how we should live,
with Your love, to love each other
all our lives to You to give.

Two thousand years have come and gone
and lo all men forget,
t’was You who made all possible
on earthly things our eyes are set.

So we raise our arms and voices
that all mankind will know,
Your message is as true today
as it was so long ago.

Margaret Rose Larrivee
Aug. 04, 1999