verse4today: As the Lord said to Moses may he speak to us: "I have seen..., I have heard..., and I have come to rescue you.... (Exodus 3:7-8).
Posted on 2012-02-01 via Twitter
Our Father in heaven, what shall we render to You for the Gift of gifts, Your own dear Son, begotten, not created, our Redeemer, Substitute. Herein is wonder of wonders: He came below to raise us above, was born like us that we might become like Him. Herein is love; when we cannot rise to Him, He draws near on wings of grace, to raise us to Himself. O God, take us in spirit to the watchful shepherds, and enlarge our minds; let us hear good tidings of great joy, and hearing, believe, rejoice, praise, adore, our consciences bathed in an ocean of repose, our eyes uplifted to You our Father. Place us with the ox, donkey, camel and goat to look with them upon our Redeemer's face, and in Him account ourselves delivered from sin; let us with Simeon clasp the new-born Child to our hearts, embrace Him with undying faith, exulting that He is ours and we are His. In Christ, You have give us so much that heaven can give no more. For this we bless Your holy name! AMEN. (adapted from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotion, edited by Arthur G. Bennett, 16).
Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.