Diane Tuiofu Music
and the Arts
Composer, Arranger, Pianist
He Knows His Lambs
"He Knows His Lambs" shows us the love and concern that the Savior has for each of us by comparing His devotion to that of a shepherd seeking a lost lamb. "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?" (Luke 15:4).
Award of Special Recognition
2007 LDS Church Music Submission Competition
Lyrics
Text and Music: Diane Tuiofu
Verse one
In the darkness, alone,
A tiny lamb
Wandered far from the fold,
Forgot where he began
Yet when the shepherd saw
The lamb was gone,
He left his fire and folded flock
To go and find the one.
Verse two
By the light of the stars
The shepherd searched,
For he knew that darkness preys
On lambs lost in the world.
Relentless through the night
The shepherd called,
And wept at last to see the lamb
Come running to his arms.
Chorus
He knows his lambs
For they follow him:
They hear his voice calling them by name.
He knows the hills and fields afar
Where oft his lambs have strayed,
And through the night
The shepherd calls,
"Come follow me";
He calls to all his wand’ring sheep.
"Come unto me."
Verse three
In the darkness, alone,
The Lamb of God
Went into Gethsemane
With perfect, willing love.
Then for ev’ry wand’ring lamb
And wounded soul,
Suffering, He learned to be
The Shepherd of us all.
Repeat Chorus