Gentle Jesus

1) Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child;
Pity my simplicity,
Suffer me to come to Thee.

2) Lamb of God, I look to Thee;
Thou shalt my example be:
Thou art gentle, meek and mild;
Thou wast once a little child.

3) Fain I would be as Thou art;
Give me Thine obedient heart:
Thou art pitiful and kind;
Let me have Thy loving mind.

4) Loving Jesus, gentle Lamb,
In Thy gracious hands I am;
Make me, Savior, what Thou art,
Live Thyself within my heart.

This is another hymn by Charles Wesley. I seem to be loading up on Wesleyian hymns. Again, I'm covering a children's hymn. If hymns are good and aide in worship, then children's worship is equally, if not important. Hymns help guide our affections. How should we feel when we consider Christ's divinity? His Lordship? His humanity? This hymn focuses on the latter without forsaking the former. Think about most Christmas hymns. There is a gravitas to them. How does one balance the sweetness of God coming to Earth while knowing that the Lamb will die on the Cross to redeem His people? It's tough, but I think you have to focus on one aspect of Jesus at a time. There are so many, which is why we have so much variation in hymns. To try and include everything would be overwhelming. Wesley strikes a good balance here.