He Grew The Tree

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He Grew The Tree Dec 20, 2010 6:35:08 GMT -5

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Post by didymus on Dec 20, 2010 6:35:08 GMT -5

HE GREW THE TREE
written by Dottie Rambo
as sung by Barbra Mandrell

1. He molded and built a small lonely hill that He knew would be called Calvary.
Then He made the seed that would grow to be thorns that would make His Son bleed.
Then He made a green stem, gave it leaves and then gave it sunshine and sheltered it with moss.
He grew the tree He knew would be used to make the old rugged cross.

C. Nothing took His life, with love He gave it.
He was crucified on a tree that He created.
With great love for man, God stayed with His plan.
He grew the tree so that we might go free.

2. With tears in His eyes, God looked down through time, saw Him spat upon, rejected and mocked.
Still He grew the tree, that He knew would be, used to make the old rugged cross.

C. Nothing took His life, with love He gave it.
He was crucified on a tree that He created.
With great love for man, God stayed with His plan.
He grew the tree so that we might go free.

He grew the tree, He knew would be, used to make the olde rugged cross.

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Listen to the song here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1gfFO1-OOE

Something to think about.

This song always brings me to tears.

Last Edit: Dec 20, 2010 7:40:07 GMT -5 by didymus

Morris Professor Posts: 800	He Grew The Tree Dec 20, 2010 10:43:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Morris on Dec 20, 2010 10:43:04 GMT -5 Powerful words, Didy! Thanks for sharing.

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He Grew The Tree Dec 22, 2010 19:59:12 GMT -5

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Post by didymus on Dec 22, 2010 19:59:12 GMT -5

Thanks Morris,

I was hoping to see some more responses. Perhaps a choral arrangement would be more to the liking of some. If so, the following link will take you to the same song by the Salvation Army Brampton Citadel Choir.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NPYz0JQH4

I want to share this with all my friends here because, as I said, this songs always makes me cry.

Whenever I get to feeling full of myself, feeling like the whole world is against me, I listen to this song. It all get's knocked out of me, at least for a time.

Well, I reached that point Sunday. I pulled that song out of my library, and I've been in tears for several hours. Then I got to thinking. How can I be so selfish to think that I'm being mistreated. But, when I think of the the whip used to tear the saviour's body apart, and the thorns that pierced the saviour's head, and the tree, that He created that was used to make the cross that was used to crucify the saviour. Thinking of all the Lord went through, nothing I ever went through in my life can even come close. How can I be so selfish?

No amount of suffering we go through on this earth can ever compare with the what our saviour had to endure.

On another site, some wrote that it reminds of a sign that said something like, "The greatest gift God gave man was hung on a tree, not put under one."

No song has this kind of impact on me like this one. It is simply the most powerful song I've ever heard about the cross of Christ.

Allyn Administrator Posts: 1,697	He Grew The Tree Dec 22, 2010 20:11:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Allyn on Dec 22, 2010 20:11:15 GMT -5 Thats a wonderful song, Tom. Thanks for sharing it. I can say with praise and joy in my heart that I love and adore my Savior, Jesus Christ.
	God Bless

didymus Guest	He Grew The Tree Dec 22, 2010 20:27:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by didymus on Dec 22, 2010 20:27:02 GMT -5 Dec 22, 2010 20:11:15 GMT -5 Allyn said: Thats a wonderful song, Tom. Thanks for sharing it. I can say with praise and joy in my heart that I love and adore my Savior, Jesus Christ. Thanks Allyn. It still makes me cry.