Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:16
(one of my favorite advent hymns!)
Miracle of Love
No matter what we dread or fear, crave or anticipate
Or hate or love, or wish or wonder or doubt or debate
No matter what we have and hold or lose, bind or set free
All of our days were written down before one came to be
Naked we came into this world; naked we will return
No matter what we boast or brave or crave or learn or earn
Each morn, like a banner unfurled, advances certainly
The Doorway to another world beyond the one we see
No matter what or how or where one thing we cannot change
The One who saw us ere we were and nothing can estrange
No matter who we think we are, we are his workmanship
Created for good works in He who will aid and equip
He saves us by his grace, not works, lest anyone should boast
Without faith it is impossible to please Love’s Uttermost
No matter where life takes us it is no surprise to He
Who ordained all our days before one of them came to be
For we who have believed (ah, mortal’s most wonderful state)
Do not despair but look beyond earth’s grave-studded dirt-gate
To Bethlehem, to Calvary, to Triumph’s empty tomb
To He who knew us when we were still in our mother’s womb
© Janet Martin
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