2. Brothers

(Jude 23; James 5:19-20; Prov. 18:24; Gen 4:9-10; John 15:13; 2 Cor. 11:29)

Fire raged on and on. We had a job to do.

We heard that one of our own had wandered from the truth.

The order was given, we were sent to restore him,

And snatch others from the fire who had gone astray and save them.

What have you done? Where’s your brother now?

Listen as his blood cries out from the ground.

I’ve never held the hand of another grip so sure.

A hand from above as He rescued me.

In the rubble we found him, kneeling over another.

One who had given His life in the place of our brother.

I can see that you’re weak, but I feel weaker.

Someone lead you away, inside I burn for you, are you not his keeper?

Make way, make way, for he has risen from his sin.

Whatever it takes, we’ll not leave one behind.

There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Greater love than this no man can find.