His Life For Mine

This song is just so beautiful to me. Three of my Preacher’s kids sang this in the Sunday Evening Service at church on Sunday: Tricia, Dan, and Joy. They did a wonderful job – and I know that all three of them have testimonies that are evidence of this song. Tricia and her husband plan to be missionaries to Spanish-speaking people. Dan is a preacher, and he and his wife plan to be church-planting missionaries when God gives them the go-ahead. Joy just got married on January 2, 2009 to a wonderful young man who is a preacher. Currently he is the assistant Pastor at his church in Virginia. I had the privilege to here James (Joy’s husband) preach on Sunday night at my church – what a wonderful sermon! Perhaps I will write a post in reference to his sermon in the near future! I’m so thankful for each of these individuals and the encouragement they’ve been in my life. So, without further hesitation, here is the song they sang so angelically. Originally sung by the Talley Trio, it’s titled:

“His Life For Mine”

Verse 1:
His heart was broken, mine was mended.
He became sin, now I am clean.
The cross He carried bore my burden.
The nails that held Him set me free.

Chorus:
His life for mine, His life for mine –
How could it ever be?
That He would die, God's Son would die
To save a wretch like me –
What love divine, He gave His life for mine.

Verse 2:
His scars of suffering brought me healing.
He spilled His blood to fill my soul.
His crown of thorns made me royalty.
His sorrow gave me joy untold!

Chorus:
His life for mine, His life for mine –
How could it ever be?
That He would die, God's Son would die
To save a wretch like me –
What love divine, He gave His life for mine.

Bridge:
He was despised and rejected, stripped of His garments and oppressed –
I am loved and accepted and I wear a robe of righteousness!

Chorus:
His life for mine, His life for mine –
How could it ever be?
That He would die, God's Son would die
To save a wretch like me –
What love divine, He gave His life for mine.
What love divine, He gave His life for mine!