How can I give you up - Based on Hosea 11
Lyrics and melody by Maria Louise 

When you were a child, I loved you
Out of darkness I called you 
But the more I called you, 
the further you went away from me

[Bridge]
I taught you to walk, to talk
I bent down to feed you, I healed you
But you turned away and gone astray

[Chorus]
How can I give you up?
How can I hand you over?
I have called you by name
You are mine
My heart turns within me, 
my sympathy stirred
I will not carry out my fierce anger
How can I ever destroy you?
For I am God
Not a man, I am God
And you are mine

[Bridge]
I taught you to walk, to talk
I bent down to feed you, I healed you
But you turned away and gone astray

[Chorus]
Not listening to my voice, you made your own choices
Can't you see all I wanted you to be?
Running away, hiding your pain
I was always there, although you didn't care
I can never give you up
Never can I hand you over
I have called you by name
You are mine
My heart turns within Me, my sympathy is stirred
I will not carry out my fierce anger
How can I ever destroy you?
For I am God
Not a man, I am God
And you are mine


How can I give you up - Based on Hosea 11

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