Thursday, November 23, 2006

Inexpressible Inheritance

Thanksgiving Day

"Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift" (2 Corinthians 9:15). "For the Lord Thy God hath blessed thee... the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing" (Deuteronomy 2:7). "But when the fullness of time was come, God sent forth His Son.... God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art... an heir of God through Christ" (Galatians 4:4-7).

How can human lips express
Our thanks in proper measure
For all that God has done to bless
With heaven's highest treasure?

For when the fullness of the time
Had finally sufficed,
God sent forth His Gift Sublime,
Our Savior Jesus Christ.

Unspeakable! Yet we can hear it
By grace that God imparts!
For God sent forth His Holy Spirit
Into our very hearts!

How feeble are the words we speak,
Though God made us His heir!
Still we come, with praise so weak,
And God receives our prayer!

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