What Did He Die For

John 15:13

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

Today as we celebrate Memorial Day in America I wanted to share lyrics to a great song with everyone. 
Whether you are from Russia, Australia, Germany, Latvia, France, Brazil, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Ukraine, Lithuania, Ecuador, Uganda or South Africa or America every person will be touched as you read about the comparison of a soldier's sacrifice with the Lord Jesus Christ sacrifice in this song What Did He Die For by Twila Paris.


He was 21 in 1944,
He was hope, and he was courage on a lonely shore.
Sent there by a mother, with love beyond her tears,
Just a young American who chose to rise above his fears,
And as I watch him struggle up that hill, 
Without a thought of turning back.
I cannot help but wonder,
What did he die for, when he died for you and me?
made the sacrifice so that we could all be free.
I believe that we will the answer each to heaven, 
for the way we spend a priceless liberty.
Look inside and ask the question,
What did he die for, when he died for me?

To the darkest day in a.d 33, 
Came the mercy and compassion of eternity,
Sent there by a Father with love beyond his tears,
Blameless one God's only son to bear the guilt of all these years,
and as I watch him struggle up that hill,
without a thought of turning back,
I can not help but wonder,
what did he die for, when he died for you and me,
made the sacrifice so that we could all be free.
I believe that we will the answer each to heaven, 
for the way we spend a priceless liberty.
Look inside and ask the question,
What did he die for, when he died for me?

He died for freedom,
he died for love,
and of all the things we do to pay him back 
they could never be enough.
I can not help but wonder,
what did he die for, when he died for you and me,
made the sacrifice so that we could all be free.
I believe that we will the answer each to heaven, 
for the way we spend a priceless liberty.
Look inside and ask the question,
What did he die for, when he died for me?