Colors
‘Twas after noon the fateful day
I woke with anxious chill
A dream had struck me deep with fear
My soul with dread to fill
I staggered over to my books
Not knowing what I lacked
I grabbed the dusty tome that read
“Zondervan” on the back
The inside mattered more today
And mattered more than ever
I needed words to soothe my woes
And clear the stormy weather
I thumbed the middle, opened up
Expecting a cool breeze
I found instead a mighty gale
That brought me to my knees
The Rock of Ages spoke to me
With power in His voice
Love and Justice Consummate
He offered me a choice
“Your sins are scarlet, crimson red
You’ve made yourself My foe
Draw near to Me, come close to Me
I’ll make you white as snow
If you resist, if you rebel
In wrath I will devour
The time of mercy come to end
Before My sword you’ll cower”
What trouble did this cause my mind
What anguish did accost!
I sought the Bible for cheap peace
Instead I learned I’m lost!
I went to church with haste that week
And went the next one too
I had to hear God’s voice again
I had to be made new
I don’t know when the shift took place
The week I cannot say
About the time I turned a man
God set me on the Way
He gave me grace to see His Son
Behold Him in His glory
He gave me eyes to see His Light
And ears to hear His Story
I heard the Son of God above
Cry out upon the tree
I saw that Man yield up his soul
And pay the price for me
Isaiah’s words were brought to bear
At once it all had set
The Lord could make me white as snow
My crimes he would forget
The trade was made at Calvary
The cleansing came through strife
To have my scarlet sins erased
He offered up his life
Today I still act stupidly
To holiness I’m late
Yet this I know, I’m not the same
Now evil’s what I hate
Someday I will be clothed in white
And see my precious King
I’ll fall down at his throne in praise
With saints and angels sing
We’ll sing the fatal color black
Back when we’d called Him foe
Of how he took all of our red
And made us white as snow
