The echoes of the cross

Can you hear the echoes
Of the hammer falling on the wooden cross
Can you hear them as the blood flows
The echoes of the cross

And can you hear Him weeping
As the Father turns His face
Forsaken by earth and heaven
With the nails and thorns of grace

And with every hammer blow
God's work was made complete
Our sins exchanged for His righteousness
Through willing hands and feet
Can you feel the crushing weight
Of our sins upon His back
As He hangs in pain and nakedness
While the Roman soldiеrs laugh

And can we ever comprеhend
It pleased God to crush His Son
That through this just injustice
Could such a mercy come

Oh but can you dare imagine
How this wrong could be so right
Through the echoes of the cross
His death has brought us life
Oh now I can not be silent
No - I can not be still
What Christ has done for you and me
Still echoes from Calvary’s hill

Can you hear the echoes
Of the hammer falling on the wooden cross
Can you hear them as His love flows
The echoes of the cross
Piet Smit (South Africa)
CCLI-1219552