ALL

Before angels beheld His holy face
And stars they stood not in their place,
When no creature breathed living air
In eternal dwelling my God was there.

And then He spoke and it was so
Creation’s canvas was there on show,
And all came forth at mighty call
And it pleased Him well when He viewed it all.

When from the dust He formed the man
Already in place salvation’s plan,
Before creation’s dawn was given birth
God’s only Son was ordained for earth.

And though for sin God sent the flood
He promised redemption through precious blood,
To rescue sinners from the fall
He sent His Son to do it all.

A wooden cross-received His frame
And pardon found in that precious name,
When, it is finished, came in triumph call
And in His death Jesus gave us His all.

All of that way His Father willed
All for us His blood was spilled,
All completed in salvation’s plan
And all must come now to this Man.

For all have sinned; then who can save
But Jesus risen from death and grave,
And all, He says, who come to me
Will receive my pardon full and free.

All to Jesus I will give
My heart, my soul that I might live,
For calling me, glad is my call
For all your giving, I give my all.

This poem won first place for the January 2006 poetry contest