Chosen Generation (re-vamped re-post)

 

 

We are not just ‘playing house’ here

As we toil and plant earth’s sod

We are treading mercy-moments

On a stairway up to God

We are not just biding time here

Twixt the rise and set of sun

We will give account to God, dear

For each deed that we done

We are not soul-less flesh shadows

Skimming time’s fugitive glance

Nor are we a fluke of nature

Victimized by circumstance

We are precious blood-bought creatures

Bearing an eternal soul

Jesus gave Himself, an offering

To make broken sinners whole

We are born with holy purpose

Not earth's meaningless off-spring

Like a field of dandelions

We are children of a King

...created in His like-image

Knit together by the touch

Of a kind,heavenly Father

Who loves us so very much

© Janet Martin

 

As Easter week-end approaches are you not over-come with awe at such a love as Jesus has for us?

 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Gen. 1:27

 

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ^{John 3:16-17}