Great Gifts

What faith it takes to give your life for Christ,
what love it takes for Christ to die for me,
how great our worth for all that's sacrificed--
these feed our hope amidst this mystery.

Love starts with God Who made us good like Him,
faith is a gift that leads to what is true,
beauty arrives like spring for hope so dim,
they numb and dampen pain like morning dew.

We love the good and do it for the Lord,
these beautiful gifts produce our gratitude,
then lovely truth points to our hoped reward,
all grow by grace when we eat God as food.

O Lord, You give these gifts to make me whole,
help me to nourish them within my soul.

                          -- by Pete Voelz         4/08