The Mystery of Mercy

This morning I woke up in my usual fog. Christian radio in the background that I'm really not paying attention to, my mind racing as it generally does. Then a song came on. I'd heard it countless times before but didn't have ears that could hear. It was Andrew Peterson's "Mystery of Mercy".

The lyrics below are not to Peterson's version but to the Caedmon's Call version. The ending is different and I think better because of the mention of the cross...

I am the woman at the well, I am the harlot
I am the scattered seed that fell along the path
I am the son that ran away
I am the bitter son that stayed

My God, my God why hast thou accepted me
When all my love was vinegar to a thirsty King?

My God, my God why hast thou accepted me
It's a mystery of mercy and the song, the song I sing

I am the angry man who came to stone the lover
I am the woman there ashamed before the crowd
I am the leper that gave thanks
But I am the nine that never came

My God, my God why hast thou accepted me
When all my love was vinegar to a thirsty King?

My God, my God why hast thou accepted me
It's a mystery of mercy and the song, the song I sing

You made the seed that made the tree
That made the cross that saved me
You gave me hope when there was none
You gave me your only Son