Posted on 04/21/2019 9:13:02 AM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight
The gates and doors were barred And all the windows fastened down I spent the night in sleeplessness And rose at every sound Half in hope of sorrow And half in fear the day Would find the soldiers breakin' through To drag us all away And just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall The gate began to rattle And a voice began to call I hurried to the window Looked down into the street Expecting swords and torches And the sound of soldiers' feet But there was no one there but Mary So I went down to let her in John stood there beside me As she told me where she'd been She said they've moved Him in the night And none of us know where The stone's been rolled away And now His body isn't there We both ran towards the garden Then John ran on ahead We found the stone and empty tomb Just the way that Mary said But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in Was just an empty shell And how or where they'd taken Him Was more than I could tell Oh something strange had happened there Just what I did not know John believed a miracle But I just turned to go Circumstance and speculation Couldn't lift me very high 'Cause I'd seen them crucify Him Then I saw Him die Back inside the house again The guilt and anguish came Everything I'd promised Him Just added to my shame When at last it came to choices I denied I knew His name And even if He was alive It wouldn't be the same But suddenly the air was filled With a strange and sweet perfume Light that came from everywhere Drove shadows from the room And Jesus stood before me With His arms held open wide And I fell down on my knees And I just clung to Him and cried Then He raised me to my feet And as I looked into His eyes The love was shining out from Him Like sunlight from the skies Guilt in my confusion Disappeared in sweet release And every fear I ever had Just melted into peace He's alive yes He's alive Yes He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide He's alive yes He's alive Oh He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide He's alive He's alive Hallelujah He's alive He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide He's alive He's alive He's alive I believe it He's alive Sweet Jesus
Thank you.
I’m moved every time I see this performance. Just beautiful.....thank you God for your Son Jesus!
I spent the night in sleeplessness And rose at every sound
Half in hope of sorrow And half in fear the day Would find the soldiers breakin' through
To drag us all away And just before the sunrise I heard something at the wall The gate began to rattle
And a voice began to call I hurried to the window Looked down into the street
Expecting swords and torches And the sound of soldiers' feet
But there was no one there but Mary
So I went down to let her in John stood there beside me As she told me where she'd been
She said they've moved Him in the night And none of us know where
The stone's been rolled away And now His body isn't there We both ran towards the garden
Then John ran on ahead We found the stone and empty tomb
Just the way that Mary said
But the winding sheet they wrapped Him in Was just an empty shell And how or where they'd taken Him Was more than I could tell
Oh something strange had happened there Just what I did not know
John believed a miracle But I just turned to go
Circumstance and speculation Couldn't lift me very high
'Cause I'd seen them crucify Him Then I saw Him die
Back inside the house again The guilt and anguish came
Everything I'd promised Him Just added to my shame When at last it came to choices I denied I knew His name
And even if He was alive It wouldn't be the same
But suddenly the air was filled With a strange and sweet perfume Light that came from everywhere Drove shadows from the room
And Jesus stood before me With His arms held open wide And I fell down on my knees
And I just clung to Him and cried Then He raised me to my feet And as I looked into His eyes The love was shining out from Him
Like sunlight from the skies Guilt in my confusion Disappeared in sweet release
And every fear I ever had Just melted into peace
He's alive yes He's alive Yes He's alive and I'm forgiven
Heaven's gates are open wide He's alive yes He's alive Oh He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive He's alive Hallelujah He's alive He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide
He's alive He's alive He's alive I believe it He's alive Sweet Jesus
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The above has a video, but for me, it works best without. This is the original Don Francisco version.
I DID cry. Surprised myself. That Dolly, she’s a good girl.
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