Marvelously Mindful

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is man, that thou art mindful of him?  And the son of man, that thou visitest him?” (Psalm 8:3,4).  “God that made the world and all things therein… giveth to all life, and breath, and all things, that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us” (Acts 17:24-27).

In view of all that God ordained,

The heavens, earth, and all therein,

How can God’s love be explained

That made Him suffer for our sin?

The moon, the stars, the galaxies,

The sun, the planets that He made,

The earth established on the seas,

And everything therein obeyed.

But man would exercise his will

To turn from God and go astray.

Yet God would seek to save him still

With love that would not turn away.

What love is this from God so kind

Which to the rebel sinner gave

A way to seek the Lord and find

Salvation  from his hopeless grave?

O Lord, You gave Yourself to heal

And save us from eternal loss!

You drew our hearts, and we could feel

Your wondrous love upon the cross!

Dear Lord, we find it marvelous

That You were mindful so of man,

That You laid down Your life for us

To carry out redemption’s plan!