The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference (Live)

The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference (Live) - Bill & Gloria Gaither/Gaither Vocal Band

Written by：George Bennard

Twas a life filled with aimless desperation

Without hope walked the shell of a man

But then a hand with a nailprint stretched downward

Just one touch then a new life began

And the old rugged cross made the difference

In a life bound for heartache and defeat

I will praise him forever and ever

For the cross made the difference for me

Barren walls echoed harshness and anger

Little feet run in terror to hide

But now those walls ring with love warmth and laughter

Since the giver of life moved inside

Now there's a room filled with sad ashen faces

Without hope death has wrapped them in gloom

But at the side of a saint there's rejoicing

For life can't be sealed in a tomb

Now and the old rugged cross made the difference

In a life bound for heartache and defeat

I will praise him forever and ever

For the cross made the difference for me

Yeah the cross made the difference for me for me