The Gift

My dearest of friends
Take this moment to listen
As I share from His heart
A Love Story that’s written

Not found in present day
But before time began
A Gift to us was fashioned
In the form of a Man

To start from the beginning
Let us step back rewind
Tracing the footsteps of history
To the birthplace of time

Before the world was yet formed
Upon the waters of the deep
Hovered the Presence of One,
The Holy Trinity

Though Their heart was complete
A Summation of Perfection
Yet within Them so desired
Another Connection

An eternal love story
So began in God’s heart
Birthing a plan that
Divine imagination sparked

I shall fashion a people
To be My Bride of Perfection
In My Image created
And Worthy of My affection

From their very first breath
I will care for their needs
And no action or decision
Will keep them far from Me

And at Love’s perfect moment
Creation and Creator will collide
For this My Son will be given
So that within them I shall reside

Yet He knew True Devotion
Must be chosen freely
Not forced from obligation
Or any form of duty

He knew our love would fail
And still prepared His heart
To set a costly plan in motion
To never be apart

Through words of the prophets
He spoke this mystery
Yet few had understood
The meaning of Love’s prophesy

While a world was unaware
One unsuspecting midnight
The promise was fulfilled with
A Baby born beneath starlight

Bound in heaven’s glory
And angels’ proclamation
The entrance of a King
Confounded expectation

Worshipped from near and far
With man’s deepest affection
This Gift grew in stature
Wrapped in Holy Perfection

In thirty three years
the path of reconciliation
Was paved by the Son of Man
For every tribe, tongue and nation

And at His appointed time
This Son hung on a Tree
Laying down His life
For the whole world to see

The mountainsides clamored
Upon His one final breath
And the veil was torn in two
As all creation wept

The skies became enshrouded
And all was turned to night
As death was defeated
In one single swipe

The chapter of this love story
Ends in Heaven’s home
And for the rest of eternity
We will be His alone

And so my dear friends
What then is our response?
To such a gift from this One
Who paid the highest cost?

It’s not your own striving
Or your own merit to produce
But rather it’s your yielded
Heart that He longs just to choose

Because YOU are the gift
That His heart so desires
YOU are from the beginning
What this Love story inspired

And though the price of His Gift is
Beyond all earthly measure
Yet not one penny is owed
For it is a freely given Treasure

And when you chose to receive
This free Gift from the King
Your love for Him in response
Is the Gift that you can bring

For you were written in His heart
Before time had begun
And prepared for you a Gift of
His only begotten Son

So open up your heart to Him
And let this Love story inside
For this reason He chose You
As His Beloved and Bride