Wayne, Hey man, the song cuts out right after "spirit" in the 2nd verse. That aside, your vocals are great, and there are some phenominal lyrics in here. Nice work. Can't wait to hear the rest of the tune. ::Erik

Wayne, There's loads to like about this song. Aside from the performance of it (really strong vocal, especially in the higher register, and I love the Peter Gabriel-esque piano sound you use), the thing that really stands out for me is the strength of the melody. I love melody - for me, great songs have melodies that soar and inspire, and I think your song does this really well. Especially in the higher octave chorus, where the song totally takes off. Powerful stuff! Lyrically, the words that you've put with this great melody are well worth singing. Even as the song is playing in the background as I write this, I'm loving it more and more! Let me jump in on what Paul R. was talking about, though. Simply because this song is so good musically and lyrically, I would encourage you to take some time reflecting on the points he made. Although there is no doubt that Wesley's line 'emptied himself of all but love' is poetry, the poetry of our songs must always make the truths of scripture clearer and not potentially obscure them. In the context of the passage in Philippians 2 where this comes from, it's clear that Paul is not suggesting that Christ emptied himself of any of his divine attributes. He was fully man and fully God at the same time. Paul is discussing the issue of selflessness: 'Let each of you look not only yo his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus...' (Phil 2:4-5). Just as Jesus gave up all the status and privilege that was his by virtue of his divinity, so we are called to give up our rights for the sake of others. As Wayne Grudem puts it 'Paul wants the Philippians to imitate Christ ... He is not asking them to "give up" thier intelligence or strength or skill and become a diminished version of what they were. Rather, he is asking them to put the interests of others first.' The controversy that has surrounded this line of Wesley's is: does it go too far? Does it readily allow an interpretation that unwittingly belittles the concept of the full divinity of the incarnate Christ? If it does allow this possible interpretation, does that matter? Again, my point above: our poetry should always clarify, not obscure. It is art, but not art for art's sake. It's art to serve the truths of the Bible. I hope this doesn't sound like nit-picking! From a lyrical point of view, I can appreciate the symetry between the start of verses 1 and 2. But it's just because the song has so much going for it that I wanted to share these thoughts. And, in fact, I think the way you express the concept at the end of the last chorus 'love that took on frail humanity' really works and totally nails it theologically. It captures more readily the fulness of the divine Son of God who became fully man for us. But as I said, there's loads to love about this song! Keep up the good work! www.music.glenabbey.org.uk

Matt Said - "I am one hundred percent certain he wasn't thinking about Matt Osgood" LOL "Yet I wanna do your will not mine" Cried the Saviour. There is two reasons I think why Jesus went to the Cross, I think that the Church today focuses on one of these reasons a lot and the other not a lot. Reason 1: Because He loves us, He went to the cross to purchase Salvation for the Church. Reason 2: Because God HATES Sin. We do not speak about this a lot but it's true that He went to the cross cause he hates sin. He cannot allow sin to be in the church that's why it needs to be cleansed with Blood. We must remeber that the Bible says it pleased God to Crush Him - I Love the song by Brenton Brown - "Perfect sacrifice crushed by God for us Bearing in your hurt all that I deserve Misjudged for my misdeeds You suffered silently The only guiltless man in all of history"

Beautiful song and lyrics Wayne! I know those high notes may be daunting for some but I personally thinks it adds a great deal of passion and emotion to the song and really brings it to life. Plus the key can always be changed! Anyway, I know that wasn't much of a constructive comment but just wanted to say I liked it a lot! "The grave could not contain Your majesty" - love it! Josh

This song has been buzzing round in my head all weekend. Did I mention how much I love the melody??!! www.music.glenabbey.org.uk