Thank you for Loving me.

 Here is a prayer-poem of response, from the heart to the heart of God.

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For This Grace

I have no worthy answer, Lord,

For this relentless,reaching grace—

This love that charts my chaos,

And stills me face to face.

“This is love: not that we loved God,

but that he loved us and sent his Son.”(1 John 4:10)

Before my heart could form a beat,

Your great pursuit was won.

You loved me in the wreckage,

You loved me in the shame.

You loved me when I turned my back

And would not speak Your name.

“God demonstrates his own love for us in this:

While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”(Romans 5:8)

You are the Father sprinting

Down the road I walked alone,

The robe,the ring, the celebration

For this ragged prodigal come home.(Luke 15:20-24)

You are the Shepherd leaving

All the ninety-nine behind,

To find the one,to lift and carry

What Your searching eyes did find.(Luke 15:4-5)

So thank You for the quiet love

That whispers in the dread:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;

I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”(Jeremiah 31:3)

Thank You for the costly love,

The nail,the thorn, the grave,

That broke the curse I could not break,

This mighty life You gave.

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us,

that we should be called children of God!”(1 John 3:1)

This is the wonder—not my plea,

But Yours,from start to end:

That I am loved,that I am known,

That I am called Your friend.(John 15:15)

So let this breath be gratitude,

This life a faint reflection,

Of the love that is my true north,

My only sure direction.

Until I see,beyond all words,

Your glory,clear and true,

And know,at last, as I am known,

My love was always You.(1 Corinthians 13:12)

Amen.