Mercy-grail

From vaults of sheer magnificence

Love’s tenderness bestows

To mankind’s broken testaments

Heaven’s unfolding rose

Mercy does not harden the skies

He melts the brooding deeps

And to man’s shattered paradise

Love’s countless blessing heaps

And even though Mercy has borne

Witness to shame and pride

Still, still He gilds darkness with morn

And flings the night aside

From outer realms to earth’s front doors

Compassion spills its sea

As Heaven’s mercy-grail out-pours

Today to you and me

Its golden streams rend onyx tress

His mercy never fails

In spite of mankind’s brokenness

God’s faithfulness prevails

© Janet Martin