As I was, the Father loved me-
Loved me in my sin and shame:
Yet a great way off, He saw me;
Ran and kissed me as I came

Gave me Christ, the Robe of glory,
Spotless as the heavens above,
Not to meet my thoughts of fitness,
But His wondrous thoughts of love!

Not a servant at God’s gateway,
But a son within His home,
To the love, the joy, the singing,