Love/Hate

The cross You wear The lips that swear The heart that tears apart The do's and dare's The troubled shared The pain that causes want The arm of flesh The kiss of death The infant sings of resurrect Eyes that lust Love waxed in rust Finally rest in earth's sweet dust Bless the ones who persecute Love those who hate you Bless the ones who persecute Love those who hate you Who are the enemies of the cross And who finds it a stumbling block Who can endure despising and shame On the instrument of pain Promises kept and Jesus wept All four corners have been swept To each his own We should have known That Father God would call His children home Bless the ones who persecute Love those who hate you Bless the ones who persecute Love those who hate you