When I Accepted You - Debby Boone

You were poor

So that I might enjoy

The wealth of Your creation

You were punished

For all my mistakes

So I’d be declared not guilty

By association

You took all that I am heir to

And gave me all that belonged to You

What more could anyone do?

When I accepted You

I never realized

That I’d be accepted, too

It took awhile to see

That You bore God’s rejection

So He’d never turn away from me

I never knew

I would receive so much

When I accepted You

Accepted You

You met death

So that I might know life

And eternal restoration

You took on the world

So the likeness of God

Could be drawn upon my being

Like a blood relation

The deepest needs my lifetime through

Were all met on the cross by You

What more could anyone do?

When I accepted You

I never realized

That I’d be accepted, too

It took awhile to see

That You bore God’s rejection

So He’d never turn away from me

I never knew

I would receive so much

When I accepted You

When I accepted You

Oh, I never knew

I would receive so much

When I accepted You

Accepted You

Accepted You