I WAS BLIND AND YOU MADE ME SEE
I WAS LOST AND YOU FOUND ME
I WAS CONFUSED IN SUCH A WAY
I WAS IN PAIN BUT YOU MADE IT GO AWAY
YOU TOOK A BOY INTO YOUR GRACIOUS HAND
YOU MADE HIM INTO A MAN
YOU TOLD ME TO PRAY AND ALL WOULD BE MINE
YOU ANSWERED EVERY PRAYER, EVERY TIME
YOU GAVE LIFE WHEN I SEARCHED FOR DEATH
YOU MADE ME CARE FOR MORE THAN SELF
YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD FATHER AND A TRUE FRIEND
YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN
YOU'VE BEEN MY STRENGTH IN MY WEAKEST HOUR
MY GREATEST HOPE AND MY HIGHEST POWER
I CALLED AND YOU HEARD MY CRY
AND TO THE WORLD I'M HERE TO TESTIFY
FOR I AM NOTHING IN THIS EVIL PLACE
NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR DIVINE GRACE
FROM THE OUTSIDE I MAY SEEM HARD
BUT I'M NOTHING WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD.
I WAS LOST AND YOU FOUND ME
I WAS CONFUSED IN SUCH A WAY
I WAS IN PAIN BUT YOU MADE IT GO AWAY
YOU TOOK A BOY INTO YOUR GRACIOUS HAND
YOU MADE HIM INTO A MAN
YOU TOLD ME TO PRAY AND ALL WOULD BE MINE
YOU ANSWERED EVERY PRAYER, EVERY TIME
YOU GAVE LIFE WHEN I SEARCHED FOR DEATH
YOU MADE ME CARE FOR MORE THAN SELF
YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD FATHER AND A TRUE FRIEND
YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN
YOU'VE BEEN MY STRENGTH IN MY WEAKEST HOUR
MY GREATEST HOPE AND MY HIGHEST POWER
I CALLED AND YOU HEARD MY CRY
AND TO THE WORLD I'M HERE TO TESTIFY
FOR I AM NOTHING IN THIS EVIL PLACE
NOTHING WITHOUT YOUR DIVINE GRACE
FROM THE OUTSIDE I MAY SEEM HARD
BUT I'M NOTHING WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD.
JOHN A. JONES
(1953-2000)
(1953-2000)