Using Your Word, losing all my friends
Placing trust in You I've never second-guessed
I saw the world flashing baubles 'round my face
Never really loved me -- it was always commission-based
I shopped for pearls and dealt with You
You seemed so different and this gem it glitters all the time
That stuffy huge Hope Diamond won't do
I shopped for pearls and dealt with you
(Who would know better?)
I seek a precious prize – the kind which never breaks
(You showed me love)
Crafted in place of those sad generic fakes
(Who could do better?)
I made a pilgrimage my savings to exchange
(You took me up)
Never have regretted that day from long gone by
(That I shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with You
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
You've seen the Scriptures and it's Matthew 13:45
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
There's nothing new that I want too
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with you
The jeweler knows the price
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with You
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
Why deal with strangers when the gem Inventor's on the line
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
That's something humankind won't do
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with you
My future hope is Christ
Hmmmm … Hmmmm … Hmmmm … Hmmmm
I shopped for pearls and dealt with You
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
Truth gleams and glistens and now Heaven's gates are open wide
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
That's something human eyes won't view
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with you
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with you
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with you
(Yeah, shopped for pearls, shopped)
I shopped for pearls and dealt with you
Matthew 13:45-46
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When
he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought
it."
