Sandy

From an ad column, I read one day

Chihuahua mix puppies being given away

Drove out to the house, oh! What a surprise

Not healthy, not clean, but sad brown eyes

Sick though you were, I still picked you up

You're crazy they said, just plain flat out nuts. 

Why look at that dog with sores all about 

Something's serious wrong and it's catchin' no doubt

But instead of seeing the mess on your skin

I saw you for what you could be...my friend

As I remember, I look at you now

And I know you're getting better somehow

The spots are fading and you're starting to be

The beautiful dog I always could see

And I'm forced to recall another time

Another more precious friend of mine

Only this time I was the one in need

and He was the one my sickness freed

People laughed and jeered, made fun of Him too

But He came to earth with one thing to do

Perhaps His friends said "look at her Lord"

There's no way she could be worth dying for."

But as He saw the state I was in

He died just so I could be His friend