299 Awaiting God’s Good News
Verse 1
With yearning eyes, You call urgently.
Facing cruel mankind, You speak Your heart.
For a sole desire You suffer great wrongs,
pouring forth Your hope and Your heart’s blood.
Verse 2
You never expect too much, You give all,
no stranger to pain and persecution.
O Holy One, who compares to Your beauty?
Your great work will be honored forever.
Chorus
How could I abandon You to seek so-called freedom?
I would rather suffer to redress Your grieving heart.
How could I abandon You to seek so-called freedom?
When flowers bloom again, I’ll listen to Your good news.
Verse 3
In sin I fell but I rise in the light.
You exalt me so, I am so grateful.
God in flesh, He suffers, how much more should I?
If I yielded to darkness, how would I see God?
Chorus
How could I abandon You to seek so-called freedom?
I would rather suffer to redress Your grieving heart.
How could I abandon You to seek so-called freedom?
When flowers bloom again, I’ll listen to Your good news.
Bridge
When I think of Your words, they make me long for You.
Whenever I see Your face, in my guilt I salute You.
Chorus
How could I abandon You to seek so-called freedom?
I would rather suffer to redress Your grieving heart.
How could I abandon You to seek so-called freedom?
When flowers bloom again, I’ll listen to Your good news.