Mercy Saw Me 

                     by Calvin Hunt 

                                                                       The years had left scars, the scars had left pain,

                                                                      how could He recognize me? I wasn't the same. 

                                                                          I knew I should pay and I knew the price, 

                                                                               for justice and law demanded my life. 

                                                                      But His tender heart heard my desperate cry, 

                                                                          and He saw past through merciful eyes.

                                                                            Beautiful, that's how mercy saw me.

                                                                                  For I was broken and so lost 

                                                                                  mercy looked past all my faults. 

                                                                           The justice of God saw what I had done,  

                                                                               but mercy saw me through the Son, 

                                                                                not what I was, but what I could be, 

                                                                                        that's how mercy saw me. 

                                                                     Sin had stolen my dignity and all my self-esteem, 

                                                        but I was made brand new again when mercy looked at me. 

                                                                    Whatever you've done, you can't go too far 

                                                                   that His eyes of mercy can't see where you are. 

                                                                      He loves you too much to leave you alone. 

                                                                    You're flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone. 

         And His heart cries out for your heart today. 

                                                                See yourself through His eyes and then you can say,

                                                                          Beautiful, that's how mercy saw me....