The Old Rugged Cross Made The Difference

It was a life filled with aimless desperation

Without hope, walked the shell of a man

Then a hand with a nail-print 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

Now those walls ring with love, warmth, and laughter

Since the giver of life moved inside

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

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

I will praise Him forever and ever

For the cross made the difference for me, mmm