He Shall Return

A painful cry resounds
A final breath echoes
As God who became man dies
As wrath is poured out
On One undeserving
The world is set free

Glory to the One who gave Himself for me
He who died has washed away all my sins

And as three days pass
As morning light appears
The Morningstar is found not there

Praise to the One who has risen from the grave
His sacrifice for me has cleansed me through

So I will praise Him, glorify forever
For the life He gave
And pain He suffered
And the love that never fails
God of mercy thank you for the cross

Hallelujah to the One who reigns in heaven
One day he shall return
He shall return

(I wrote this at FYR 2013. Initially intended for a song, I recreated it as a poem.)

The Love of God

I love Leeland. A great band, great music. But one of their songs was very poetical. At the end of the song I Can See Your Love from their album The Great Awakening, there is a really great stanza.

Could we with ink the ocean fill

And were the skies of paper made

Every tree on earth a quill

And every man a scribe by trade

To write the love of God above

Would drain the ocean dry

Nor could this globe contain the whole

Though stretched from sky to sky

BAM! It totally just captures the love of God in a nutshell. It’s so infinite, it’s so unfailing, it’s so great and awesome to the point the whole WORLD cannot hold it. Plus it’s just so great as a poem. The love of God. Wow.

#JesusIsGreater