My song is love unknown
My Saviour’s love to me
Love to the loveless shown
That they might lovely be
O who am I
That for my sake
My Lord should take
Frail flesh and die

He came from his blest throne
Salvation to bestow
But men made strange and none
The longed-for Christ would know
But O my Friend
My Friend indeed
Who at my need
His life did spend

Sometimes they strew his way
And his sweet praises sing
Resounding all the day
Hosannas to their King
Then “Crucify!”
Is all their breath
And for his death
They thirst and cry

They rise and needs will have
My dear Lord made away
A murderer they save
The Prince of Life they slay
Yet cheerful he
To suffering goes
That he his foes
From thence might free

In life no house no home
My Lord on earth might have
In death no friendly tomb
But what a stranger gave
What may I say
Heaven was his home
But mine the tomb
Wherein he lay

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

My Song Is Love Unknown
Samuel Crossman

CCLI Song Number 2399704
Public Domain

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

St Paul – Ephesians 4:31-32

Do you love me?

After Jesus came back from the dead, he was walking on the beach with Peter, the leader of the apostles. Three times he asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Three times Peter said that he did. And three time Jesus commanded Peter, “Feed my sheep.”

Jesus is the Good Shepherd and his sheep are all the people in the world that belong to Jesus – the Christians and the not-yet Christians. If we love Jesus, we will be caring for these people. Sometimes I caught up in my own world too much and forget to care for others. This passage is a challenge to rediscover my live for Jesus in caring for his family, his flock.

To us a child is born; to us a son is given

So Zachariah Michael was born today! It is certainly the most amazing and terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced, becoming a Parent. At some point I’ll have to go to Parents’ Evenings…!

He is an amazing gift from God, and when I was thinking about what to write in this most momentous blog post, I was reminded of the best gift ever and the verses in Isaiah 9 that describe it:

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