Oh, To Know

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, 

but the Spirit who is from God,

 that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
1 Cor.2:12

 

Oh, to know we are forgiven

Fills faith’s flight with wondrous worth

Tunes heart chords with hymns of heaven

Midst the pangs and twangs of earth

Oh, to know no one is ever

All alone through God alone

Comforts us with kind endeavor

Not to fear time’s vast Unknown

Oh, to know that we are able

Not through might of mortal form

But hope’s anchor keeps us stable

Through the night of trial’s storm

Oh, to know love’s purposed blindness

How, no matter what we boast

Nothing takes the place of kindness

Proving who we love the most

Oh to know soul’s condemnation

Cannot keep its curse of woe

As the promise of salvation

Frees the convict on death-row

Oh, to know in spite of stumbles

By the grace of God we press

My, but how this favour humbles

Grumbles turned to thankfulness

© Janet Martin