"Though my Father and Mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me."
I deserve to be
forsaken,
to be forever cast away.
I deserve to be
rejected,
to have you turn away and stay.
I have debated your goodness.
I have questioned your law.
I have doubted your wisdom.
I have run from your love.
I deserve your
anger,
to be punished for my wrong.
I deserve your
righteous judgment,
the full weight of your law.
I have wanted what I wanted.
I've walked from your grace.
I have trespassed your boundaries.
I have envied your throne.
I don't deserve your
affection,
the many things I could not earn.
I don't deserve your
provision,
the daily gifts of your love.
I don't deserve the rights of
family,
to be called your son.
I don't deserve the warm
reception,
tender care and endless help.
I don't deserve to call you
Father,
to be welcomed in your home.
So you came to be
rejected,
to have the Father turn His face.
Your bond of family was
broken.
You came to stand in my place.
You didn't deserve to be
rejected, which came because of your love.
You didn't deserve to be
forsaken,
yet you were willing to the end.
So now I have a
family,
forever I've been received.
I am never
forsaken,
even when I'm all alone.
When fatherless and
friendless,
you are with me even then.
I have been given a
family
I did not deserve or earn.
The Lord has
received me.
I will never be alone.
Once more I will forsake you.
I will question your love.
Once more I will debate you.
I will turn from your face.
But you will come as a
Father.
You will treat me as a son.
You will forgive and
restore me.
With great patience and great love.
In you I've found a
family.
In you I have found grace.
And what I've found, I've found
forever.
Forever Father.
Forever family.
Forever welcomed.
Forever love.
"This article is a resource of Paul tripp Ministries. For more information visit www.paultripp.com"
