The Picture of Hope
It was the very beginning.
All was perfect,
Like a beautiful Van Gough,
Until the fall.
God gave His people a choice,
Good or evil,
Purity or defilement.
They chose to sin.
Like black splotches
Blanketing the canvas,
We are all tainted.
Anyone who has ever done wrong
Is an evil sinner.
No matter how small the deed,
However many good things we’ve done,
It doesn't matter.
You are an evil sinner.
I am an evil sinner.
Every person
Ever to live,
All sinners
Except one.
Long ago, a Child was born
In a manger,
A humble birth for a king,
For the King,
The Son of God,
The Artist coming to restore His painting.
It was the second beginning.
That Child,
Christ,
Would become our Savior.
Justice says that
Sinners deserve to die.
Mercy says that
We're no longer sinners.
Christ took our sin,
Forgave it,
And died to pay for it.
All we have to do
Is trust
In Him
To be saved.
I will be saved.
You can be saved.
Death came from sin,
So Christ defeated both.
His grave is empty.
Now He is in Heaven,
The unspoiled picture.
I will meet Him there one day.
Will you?
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