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LORD!</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>God's Own Fool</I></div> <div> Michael Card</div> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-1506/04_Track_4.wma" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Seems I've imagined Him all of my life</B></div> <div> <B>as the wisest of all of mankind,</B></div> <div> <B>but if God's holy wisdom is foolish to man</B></div> <div> <B>He must have seemed out of His mind.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For even His family said He was mad</B></div> <div> <B>and the priests said a demon's to blame,</B></div> <div> <B>but God in the form of this angry young man</B></div> <div> <B>could not have seemed perfectly sane.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We in our foolishness thought we were wise</B></div> <div> <B>He played the fool just to open our eyes.</B></div> <div> <B>But we in our weakness believed we were strong,</B></div> <div> <B>He became helpless to show we were wrong.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So we follow God's own fool</B></div> <div> <B>for only the foolish can tell.</B></div> <div> <B>Believe the unbelievable. Come be a fool as well.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So come lose your life for a carpenter's Son</B></div> <div> <B>for a man barely died for a dream.</B></div> <div> <B>And you'll have the faith His first followers had</B></div> <div> <B>and you'll feel the weight of the beam.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So surrender the hunger to say you must know</B></div> <div> <B>and the courage to say "I believe".</B></div> <div> <B>For the power of paradox opens your eyes</B></div> <div> <B>and blinds those who say they can see.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We in our foolishness thought we were wise</B></div> <div> <B>He played the fool just to open our eyes.</B></div> <div> <B>But we in our weakness believed we were strong,</B></div> <div> <B>He became helpless to show we were wrong.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>So we follow God's own fool</B></div> <div> <B>for only the foolish can tell.</B></div> <div> <B>Believe the unbelievable. Come be a fool as well.</B></div> <div> <B>So we follow God's own fool 'cause only the foolish can tell</B></div> <div> <B>Believe the unbelievable. Come be a fool as well.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="724" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 317 ><NOBR><div> Return to:  </div> <div> <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Songs"><U>Children's Songs</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hymns "><U>Hymns </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Choruses "><U>Choruses </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spiritual Songs"><U>Spiritual Songs</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id579.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contemporary Christian Songs"><U><B>Contemporary Christian Songs</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Howard Higashi "><U><B>Howard Higashi </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Craig Riesen"><U><B>Craig Riesen</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id449.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Popular Melodies with Spiritual Words"><U><B>Popular Melodies with Spiritual Words</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Other Recommended Songs:</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f0ff000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">This Must Be The Lamb</B> (<I>Michael Card</I>)</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>