God's Own Fool (Scandalon Album Version)-Michael Card

[ti:God's Own Fool] [ar:Michael Card] [al:Joy In The Journey] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]God's Own Fool (Scandalon Album Version) - Michael Card [00:09.28]Seems I've imagined Him all of my life [00:13.18]As the wisest of all of mankind [00:17.38]But if God's Holy wisdom is foolish to men [00:21.85]He must have seemed out of His mind [00:26.31]For even His family said He was mad [00:30.33]And the priests said a demon's to blame [00:34.73]But God in the form of this angry young man [00:39.17]Could not have seemed perfectly sane [00:43.44]When we in our [00:44.78]Foolishness thought we were wise [00:47.55]He played the fool and He opened our eyes [00:52.00]When we in our weakness [00:53.89]Believed we were strong [00:56.37]He became helpless to show we were wrong [01:01.12] [01:01.76]And so we follow God's own fool [01:06.04]For only the foolish can tell- [01:10.20]Believe the unbelievable [01:14.66]And come be a fool as well [01:19.15] [01:27.32]So come lose your life for a carpenter's son [01:31.40]For a madman who died for a dream [01:36.07]And you'll have the faith His first followers had [01:40.14]And you'll feel the weight of the beam [01:44.24]So surrender the hunger to say you must know [01:48.62]Have the courage to say I believe [01:52.84]For the power of paradox opens your eyes [01:57.41]And blinds those who say they can see [02:01.75]When we in our foolishness thought we were wise [02:05.99]He played the fool and He opened our eyes [02:10.28]When we in our weakness believed we were strong [02:14.50]He became helpless to show we were wrong [02:19.97]And so we follow God's own fool [02:24.35]For only the foolish can tell- [02:28.52]Believe the unbelievable [02:32.96]And come be a fool as well [02:37.02]So we follow God's own Fool [02:41.55]For only the foolish can tell [02:45.65]Believe the unbelievable [02:50.13]And come be a fool as well