The Plan
by Barbara Philbrook

Are you aware that before the creation of our world actually did begin,
that way back then God knew that man would fall in sin?

Out of God's deep love for us while we were only thoughts in his mind,
he set out the plan of salvation and then placed it in his Holy Word for us to find.

Our minds are not even nearly capable of comprehending this in the full scope,
what we get when we study this story is a wonderful and peaceful sense of hope.

There is no way we can imagine what God has in store for those who believe in his word,
he tells us eyes have not seen, nor can we imagine, nor have we ever such beautiful sounds heard.

It doesn't matter how much beauty your eyes have been allowed to behold,
God says we have no idea and I believe what we've been told.

I guess there may be some who desire to be there because of a life forever or for the beauty above, the most amazing and alluring part of the story to me is the depth of God's unselfish love.

The fact that God loved me before I was born even though he knew I would sin,
so great was his love he gave his own son to pay the price and a spirit the changes to begin.

No greater love hath any man than one who would lay down his life for another,
the news of today is just filled with precious souls dying at the hands of another.

The bookshelves in libraries and stores are all filled with stories on love,
but not even one can come anywhere close to what's written for us from above.

Won't you open your heart and welcome Jesus to come inside,
it would really be heartbreaking if someone missed out because of their pride.

Just believe what you've heard and welcome him in,
and once you do that changes from the heart begin.

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