Early Morn: A Celebration of Hope

Titus 3:7 (New International Version)

⁷so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

picture by John Eschleman

Commentary:

What does it mean to be "justified"?  As sinners it is important to understand

what our salvation means to us, who and where it comes from, and how it came about. So much the more promising are our days when the promises of God are taken to heart.

Salvation is the greatest of all gifts  in history.  It means a life forever with Jesus.

Thus, our Salvation comes from God through the death of Jesus on the Cross.  Our salvation came about from the beginning.  Our God is omniscient and knew that man would need a Savior to take on the sins of a sinful nature.

Now Justification. Since all have sinned and fallen short of God's Glory, we need an intermediary.  Jesus is the substitute for our sins.  His act on the Cross makes all believers made right before God.  So when we face our God we will be as white the fallen snow. 

This bestows on us the hope for each day...the promise of a final resting with our Lord; a perfect service in a perfected body. Amen

Lord...The wonder of it all

is our God's intent

not the time spent

but the creation to mark an eternity.

Lord...

The hope of it all

is not our God's power

but how He has been so long suffering

in waiting for the turning...

the burning

desire to kindle a new spirit within...

a moving us from sin

to service

from the wide path of destruction

to the narrow path that leads to joy...and peace.

Early morn

o God

is a celebration of that established mode...

the code

of an expanded Hope

set in place by the Creator of our universe

a Sovereign God who is synonymous with love.

I pray in praise

I raise

the name of Jesus.

I pray in Hope

I understand the scope

of Grace.

I pray in His Name...

accepting the same

that so many before...

have found redemption.

I pray under confession...

finding no rest in transgression

but the need for contrition.

I pray for the day...

that in some way

I address the need of another...

Some sister or brother

in Christ.

Alas, the only actions that stand

meet the command

to do the good you have shown...

How we have moved

and how we have grown...

is held in that purview...One that stays on the heart of the reborn.

Hold us tightly...O God

Ease pain...

The sparrow still sings in the rain.