testimony songs #2

I had forgotten how much this song meant to me until I was reading through the index of our song book and saw it listed.
I first heard this song when I was watching Songs of Praise at my parent's house. I used to watch this on Sunday evenings when Dad had gone out because I did not have a church to go to regularly during the first year I was a Christian.
I had hoped to find a "Songs of Praise" version of this song to link to, but I could not find one so I've had to settle for the least annoying of all the other versions there are.
Brother let me be your servant.

I don't know what it was about this song which touched me so much. A lot of the things the song expresses were certainly beyond the realm of my experience up until that point.

"Brother, let me be your servant, let me be as Christ to you, pray thay I may have the grace to let you be my servant too."
"I will hold the Christ light for you, in the night time of your fear."
"I will weep when you are weeping, when  you laugh I'll laugh with you"

These are all things which have become real to me as I have found deep friendships in the church.
To be there unconditionally for each other, to be loved and to give love, to face the tough times together with courage, and to rejoice together in the good times.
Maybe all those years ago the song revealed deep longings I did not know I had??