Lift Up The Suffering Symbol (The Beginning Album Version)-Michael Card

[ti:Lift Up The Suffering Symbol (The Beginning Album Version)] [ar:Michael Card] [al:The Beginning] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lift Up The Suffering Symbol (The Beginning Album Version) - Michael Card [00:11.51]They grew tired of bread form heaven [00:14.48]And of Moses and of God [00:16.83]They longed to live the life of slavery once again [00:23.02]So they muttered and they grumbled [00:25.21]And they wimpered and they whined [00:28.66]With each faithless word sank deeper into sin [00:34.73]He took the pen of pain once more [00:37.62]To write upon their hearts [00:40.31]The lesson they had been so slow to learn [00:46.02]But writing in the sand the firey serpents came to call [00:51.54]With a holy message and a bite that burned [00:57.48]Lift up the suffering symbol [00:59.97]And placve it high upon a pole [01:02.96]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [01:10.10] [01:17.58]So Moses made a metal snake [01:20.35]And nailed it to a pole [01:23.02]Sent out the saving word so they would know [01:28.70]That the symbol of their suffering was now the focus of their faith [01:34.35]And with a faithful glance the healing power would flow [01:40.15]In time the brazen serpent became an idol in the land [01:45.88]And they left the living God to worship clay [01:51.68]When they forgot their suffering [01:54.04]Soon true faith had disappeared [01:56.96]So some idolize a brazen cross today [02:03.12]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:05.45]And place it high upon a pole [02:08.47]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [02:14.58]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:16.97]And place it high upon a pole [02:19.86]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [02:27.78] [02:49.07]Lift up the suffering symbol [02:51.29]And place it high upon a pole [02:54.16]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [03:00.38]Lift up the suffering symbol [03:02.77]And place it high upon a pole [03:05.61]Tell the children to look up and be made whole [03:11.36]Tell the children to look up and be made whole