A boy was He
Yet very God of very God,
A child, yet wiser than His years,
A boy was He
Yet very God of very God
The Lord's own Lamb appears.
A boy was He
Yet very God of very God,
A carpenter's apprentice skilled.
A boy was He
Yet very God of very God
The Lamb, His will fulfills.
Divinity breathing in air
With a boy's lungs,
Eternity eating a meal
With a boy's joy.
The Trinity coming to stay
In a boy's house,
In a boy's pain,
In a boy's world.
A boy was He
Yet very God of very God,
A Son loved deeply by His own
A boy was He
Yet very God of very God
The Lamb so far from home.
Eminence contained,
Immanence experienced,
Holiness explained in a boy!
Truth read clearly,
Love loved dearly,
God known nearly
In a boy!
A boy was He
Yet very God of very God
A child, yet wiser than His years,
A boy was He
Yet very God of very God
The Lord's own Lamb is here!

© Jill Briscoe
Copyright 1991