God and Man: the Story.

God 

 The Infinite Being

Who numbered our days

Glorious Father

Most worthy of praise 

He knows every thought

That’s entered your mind

He’s unendingly wise

And

 Immeasurably kind 

The Lord of the Earth

Of whom Angels sing

Everlasting Word

And

Heavenly King

He gave speed to the fleet deer

Brute strength to the ox

Flight to the eagle

And

Cunning to the fox 

Blessed Creator 

Unblemished Lamb

Most Powerful

All-knowing 

The Holy

I AM

  Man 

 Breakers of rules

Scoffing the wise 

Ungrateful fools

Makers of lies

Angry

Deceptive

And

Willfully blind

Helplessly

Hopelessly

Lost

Mankind

                          

The Story

         The gulf between God and man was immeasurably wide:

It had been deepened by hate and lengthened by pride.

   That dark abyss-which men themselves had dug-forever denied   
Their privilege to walk with God and be at His side.

They could never bridge the gap, no matter how hard they tried.

So man whose life was like but a breath,

And whose sea of transgression had him inevitably doomed, 

Was justly condemned to an eternal death

And be by hell fire forever consumed. 

But God, whose eternal goodness is unendingly wide,

And whose forgiveness is far stronger than all of man’s pride,

Loved the world so greatly that He gave up His only Son

To live perfectly the life of man and then to be the One

To pay the thing which men could not: their own sin’s costly price.

He gave up His life upon a cross as the ultimate sacrifice 

  The temple curtain was torn in two and the day became like night.

The sun was lost in darkness and nowhere was there light.

The earth was shaken violently and mighty boulders broke.

Nearby the graves were opened and the dead within awoke. 

In the cool of a sealed and guarded tomb His lifeless body lay.

All hope seemed lost, His friends despaired, then dawned that third and glorious day 

When Christ arose-no longer dead-with majesty unveiled.

Death is dead and sin is crushed, for He fought them and prevailed!

He then ascended into heaven and sat down at God’s right hand.

So all who live for worldly pleasures have built their lives on shifting sand.

For their pursuits are for a moment and with their riches they will fade.

But all who follow Christ will live, for with His love they are remade.