a world we never touch...

He walked along the shores of Galilee
From clay He formed the healing balm
That caused the blind to see
When stones of wrath lay heavy in their hands
He knelt to write His mercy in the sand

Jesus came to set the captives free
Showed us by the way He lived
The way we need to be
Oh love is more than words could ever say
We must touch them with compassion
To help them find their way

How can we reach a world we never touch? 
How can we show them Christ 
If we never show them love? 
Just to say we care will never be enough 
How can we reach a world we never touch? 

Could we be so busy being saved
Trying to impress a world that’s long since lost its way
We pride ourselves in being set apart
Yet we don’t have time to touch a broken heart
Even if we found the time to care
Would we take the risk involved in always being there
Oh we hold the very thing they need so much
Sometimes the Word of life can pass
Through just a simple touch

We hide behind these walls
And the security of friends
While beyond the stained glass windows
The world is lost in sin

How can we reach a world we never touch? 
How can we show them Christ 
If we never show them love? 
Just to say we care will never be enough 
How can we reach a world we never touch? 

How can we reach a world we never touch?

-by Mark Carouthers, Steve Richardson and Tim Pedigo – copyright 1996