I'm Forgiven

I'm forgiven,
because You were forsaken,
I'm accepted, You were condemned,
and I'm alive and well your spirit is within me,
because You died and rose again.
(I'm forgiven)
I'm forgiven,
because You were forsaken,
and I'm accepted, You were condemned,
and I'm alive and well your spirit is within me,
because You died and rose again.

Amazing love,
how can it be,
that You my king would die for me?
Amazing love,
I know it's true,
and it's my joy to honor You.
(Amazing love)
Amazing love,
how can it be,
that You my king would die for me?
Amazing love,
I know its true,
and it's my joy to honor You.
In all I do I honor You.

~Rebecca St. James

This is a really simple song we sang today at church. It's one that I love because I think it's just so basic, yet so humbling. I think it highlights the unbelievable part about Christianity, or unbelievable parts, the ones most often misunderstood. We have few examples in the world, I can't actually think of any right now, of a king or leader or ruler giving up his/her life for his people. Especially not in the way Christ did. Of course, none of them can offer what Christ did in exchange for his perfection - eternal life. It's difficult for me, a believer, to fathom what Christ did. I'm not even sure, in the best of my efforts, I could even come close to honoring what He did for me. I fall short more often than not.