The Gift
The gift of God is this: not silver, not of gold,
Not a fleeting treasure that the hand can barely hold,
Buteternal life—a breath that never ends,
A story that continues where time itself descends.
The gift is life.
And it is found in Him,and Him alone—
In Jesus Christ,the cornerstone,
The Lamb upon the throne.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
It is not earned by labor, by the striving of the soul,
Not a trophy for the perfect,not a prize for being whole.
It is poured from boundless mercy,it is grace and grace alone,
A life we could not conjure,a life we could not own.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
This life begins this moment, in the waking and the now,
A spring inside the spirit,a light upon the brow.
It is knowing the Eternal One,the Father, face to face,
And walking in the radiance of unmerited grace.
So let my heart receive it, this miracle so free,
This endless,vast inheritance You always meant for me.
No longer just existing,but alive in every part,
Eternal lifenow beating in this once-dead heart.
The gift of God—
Wrapped in a manger,sealed upon a cross,
Proven in an empty tomb,beyond all gain and loss.
Jesus,You are the Giver and the Gift itself to me.
I receive You,and with You, life eternally.
Amen.
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