(C) Cheryl Howard

HE saw you ragged

HE saw you broken

Your hopes and dreams remaining still unspoken

HE saw you dirty and your life it was all shattered

 

HE picked you up

Out of the gutter

Whispered words of life

You thought no one would utter

 

“I choose you

Oh child of MINE

I choose you

To be the one

To fill MY heart and satisfy MY soul”

 

Your darkened eyes

Your deafened ears

Awakened to such words of life

You thought you’d never hear

 

HE gave you hope

Gave you HIS Life

HE gave you Love

And whispered to you, “You are MINE!”

 

 

 

 

thought for the journey …

 

Chosen. Desired. Pursued … Defying all logic and reason, this is what we are by Holy, Almighty GOD.

Called. Delivered. Elect … Why? Because GOD is love, because HE is our Creator and to HIS heart we are cherished and held dear … Why? Because HE is GOD!

 

Psalm 95:6-7 “Oh come let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before The LORD our Maker. For HE is our GOD, and we are the people of HIS pasture, and the sheep of HIS hand.”

Psalm 100:3 “Know that The LORD, HE is GOD; it is HE who made us, and not we ourselves; we are HIS people and the sheep of HIS pasture.”

 

Marred. Ugly. Proud. Rebellious. Lost. Rotten with sin … Yes these words describe the hearts of humanity - but Hallelujah for the Good news of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST - for the power of The Cross; for the heart of our Heavenly FATHER that is one of deep compassion, tender mercy and loving-kindness toward us!

 

Psalm 103:2-4; 8-14 “Bless The LORD O my soul and forget not all HIS benefits; Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,” ….. “The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy. HE will not always strive with us, nor will HE keep HIS anger forever. HE has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is HIS mercy toward those who fear HIM; as far as the east is from the west, so far has HE removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, so The LORD pities those who fear HIM. For HE knows our frame; HE remembers that we are dust!”