As I reflect on God’s unspeakable gift of eternal life through the death and resurrection of His Son, I am utterly undone by His love. My mind cannot begin to comprehend what He has done, or how or why. The paradox is not only in the cross, but in all aspects of His awesome salvation plan.
These thoughts inspired the poem below, which is a repost from April 2013. May all of you have a blessed Resurrection Sunday reflecting on the mysteries of His amazing grace! Praise God that Christ is risen indeed! Trust in Him and live forever!
Hebrews 12:2; John 13:12-17; Revelation 20:4; 17:14; 19:16; Colossians 1:12-22; 1 Corinthians 15; 1:27; John 10:17; 1:3; 3:3-8, 16; 16:28; 1 John 3:16; Isaiah 53; 1:18; 55:9; Romans 5-6; 12:2; 2 Corinthians 5:19-20; 1 Peter 5:5-6; Matthew 19:30; 20:16; 18:3-4; Luke 9:24; 17:33; Ephesians 2:5-9
Salvation’s Mysteries
Jesus Christ was born to die
Endured the cross to feel the joy
Of saving sinners who were lost.
Jesus served so we could reign
Jesus served so we could reign
Laid down His life to rise again.
Maker of all, the King of Kings
Maker of all, the King of Kings
A lowly worm crushed by our sins.
The cruel thorns, the ugly scars
The cruel thorns, the ugly scars
Reveal the beauty of His heart.
His blood-soaked cross made peace with God
His holiness removed our sins --
Washed white as snow in His shed blood
Reconciled our souls to Him.
He loved us despite our hate
He forgave while we rebelled
The Lord bowed down to take our shame
He gave all for our great gain.
His ways are not our ways.
His thoughts are not our thoughts.
If cast down, He will raise us up.
If we are last, we will be first.
We die to sin to be reborn
We lose our life to save our soul
We leave the world to live in Him
He died and rose so we can live.
Foolish things confound the wise
You can’t earn your way to Paradise.
Let Truth win out – think like a child.
Turn to Him – forsake your pride.
Trust in Him with childlike faith
Accept His precious gift of grace.
That moment seals your destiny.
You’ll live with Him eternally.
© 2013 Laurie Collett
6 comments:
Dear Laurie,
That is a beautiful poem.
We hope you and Richard had a blessed Easter. I'm sure that this is one way for God to remind everyone of us that Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day.
Easter is a time for all of us to reflect, and believe.
Blessings to you and Richard.
Dear Frank,
Thank you for the kind words. Praise God for His Gospel message of salvation that gives eternal life to all who believe. May we contemplate His resurrection not only on Easter, but every day until He comes again.
May God bless you and Alex,
Laurie
Lovely poem Laurie I can say AMEN to every word you have written. Without Him in my life I would have nothing. There is nothing on this earth that is as precious as He is, and wealth in our lives has no comparison to having Jesus. God bless you Laurie.
Thank you, Brenda, for the very kind words! Without Him, we are nothing, we have nothing, and we can do nothing. But with Him, all things are possible! So good to hear from you again. May God bless you too!
THank you so much. It is a nice song, poem.
God bless you.
Hi Laurie, I may not be able to put up any more posts as I think my blog has been hacked into. The Lord knows. God bless.
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