Song of The Week (3/8 - 3/21) - "Sweetly Broken" by: Jeremy Riddle

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"Sweetly Broken" Lyrics:

To the cross, I look, and to the cross, I cling

Of it's suffering, I do drink, of its work, I do sing

On it, my Savior, both bruised and crushed

Showed that God is love and God is just

At the cross, You beckon me

You draw me gently to my knees

And I am lost for words, so lost in love

Im sweetly broken, wholly surrendered

Yeah, yeah, oh Lord

What a priceless gift, undeserved life

Have I been given through Christ crucified

Youve called me out of death

Youve called me into life

And I was under Your wrath

Now, through the cross, Im reconciled

Ooh, and at the cross, You beckon me

You draw me gently to my knees

And I am lost for words, so lost in love

Im sweetly broken, wholly surrendered

At the cross, You beckon me

You draw me gently to my knees

And I am lost for words, so lost in love

Im sweetly broken, wholly surrendered

And in awe of the cross, I must confess

How wondrous Your redeeming love

And how great is Your faithfulness

At the cross, You beckon me

You draw me gently to my knees

And I am lost for words, so lost in love

Im sweetly broken, wholly surrendered

At the cross, You, You've beckoned me

You draw me gently to my knees

And I am lost for words, so lost in love

Im sweetly broken, wholly surrendered

Yeah, yeah, I'm broken for you

I'm broken for you, my Lord, yeah

Jesus, Your love is there

I am sweetly broken

Reflection:

I love the title of this song, “Sweetly Broken.” It honestly sounds like an oxymoron because when do we gaze upon something broken and think, “that’s pretty.” If you knock over a picture frame in the house and the glass shatters and the picture is torn, you don’t think “oh, now it’s lovely.” Of course not. However, that’s exactly how God sees us. That despite our brokenness, our sinfulness, our weakness, our limitations, etc., God sees through our humanity and our sins and still thinks of us as His beautiful creatures. At the crucifixion, Jesus took our sins and nailed them to cross and then completed redeeming us by rising from the grave. We are still sinners because we are human, we still make mistakes and offend God. But, we have been redeemed and our sins have been forgiven. God still sees our goodness and beauty within us. How sweetly broken indeed we are. What God said about Jesus at his baptism and the transfiguration, God says to all of us, “You are my beloved son/daughter. With you, I am well pleased.”


Mark 1:11 – “And a voice came from the heavens, ‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.’”


1 Peter 2:24 – “In his own body he brought your sins to the cross, so that all of us, dead to sin, could live in accord with God’s will. By his wounds, you were healed.”


Deacon Scott Hill

Our Lady of Victory Parish