October 08, 2012

♪♫ You were once my Friend

MY FRIEND, I STAND IN JUDGMENT NOW
AND FEEL THAT YOU’RE TO BLAME SOMEHOW
ON EARTH I WALKED BESIDE YOU DAY BY DAY
YOU COULD HAVE LED ME STRAIGHT TO HIM
MY KNOWLEDGE THEN WAS VERY DIM
BUT NEVER ONCE DID YOU SHOW ME THE WAY

I CALLED YOU FRIEND BUT THAT WAS THEN
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND BEST OF FRIENDS
LIVING HERE ON GOD'S CREATED EARTH
BUT NOW I KNOW THAT ITS TOO LATE 
YOU COULD HAVE KEPT ME FROM THIS FATE
YOU NEVER TOLD ME OF THE SECOND BIRTH

1ST CHORUS
AND NOW I’M LOST FOREVER I’M BURNING IN THIS AWFUL PLACE
I’M SUFFERING SO MUCH PAIN HERE AND THRU IT ALL I SEE YOUR FACE
I’M GLAD YOU’RE BOUND FOR HEAVEN AND YOU WON’T REACH THIS BITTER END
OH IT’S SO HARD TO STAY HERE – KNOWING THAT YOU WERE ONCE MY FRIEND

YOU TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS THAT’S TRUE
I CALLED YOU FRIEND, I TRUSTED YOU
WE WALKED BY DAY AND TALKED A LOT AT NIGHT
BUT NOW I KNOW THAT IT’S TOO LATE
YOU COULD HAVE KEPT ME FROM THIS FATE
AND SHOWN ME HOW TO WALK IN PATHS OF LIGHT

OH THAT YOU LET ME LIVE AND LOVE AND DIE
YOU KNEW I’D NEVER LIVE ON HIGH
SO NOW I STAND THIS DAY AT LAST CONDEMNED.
YES, I CALLED YOU MY FRIEND IN LIFE
AND TRUSTED YOU THRU JOY AND STRIFE,
BUT NOW I SEE THAT YOU WERE NOT MY FRIEND.

2ND CHORUS
SO TELL OUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE LORD SO THEY WILL MISS THIS AWFUL PLACE.
SO THEY WON’T SUFFER SO MUCH PAIN, AND IN THEIR SUFFERING SEE YOUR FACE
I'M GLAD YOU’RE BOUND FOR HEAVEN AND YOU WON’T REACH THIS BITTER END
BUTS IT’S SO HARD TO STAY HERE – KNOWING THAT YOU WERE ONCE MY FRIEND 
PLEASE BRING YOUR FRIENDS TO JESUS AND THEN THEY’LL ALWAYS CALL YOU FRIEND


This song should wake us true Christians up. To many Christians go through life saying that they will "live like a christian" (or maybe not even that) but never truly tell their friends the way to heaven. We are not talking about the stranger but the friends you hang out with all the time. Can you talk about everything with them but you won't tell them the way to heaven? Do you really want their blood on your hands when they burn in hell forever? 

I don't!




 

7 comments:

  1. Ouch, this is convicting. Thank you for sharing it!

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  2. Wow. Such a truly tough thought...

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  3. You are so right...sharing our faith is such an important part of being a Christian.

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  4. Do you know who sings this? I'd love to get the sheet music or vocal track.

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    1. I have a CD with the Glory Land Girls singing it.

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