In the beginning before the mountains rose,
Before oceans learned the rhythm of the tides,
Before stars were hung like lanterns in eternity,
There was God—
Holy, eternal, and overflowing with love.
Not a distant love made of empty words,
Not a fragile love that fades with failure,
But a roaring river of mercy
That pours through the cracks of broken humanity.
His love walked with Adam in the garden breeze,
Even after rebellion stained innocent hands.
His compassion covered shame with grace,
While heaven itself mourned the fall of man.
Through deserts and wandering generations,
God carried His people like fire in the night.
When kingdoms collapsed beneath pride and violence,
His hope still thundered through the prophets:
“Return to Me, and you shall live.”
Hope—
Not the weak wish of uncertain hearts,
But the blazing promise of heaven’s King.
Hope that survives prison chains,
Hope that sings inside lion’s dens,
Hope that rises from ashes
Like dawn breaking over ruined cities.
Then came Christ,
The Word wrapped in flesh and humility.
He touched lepers without fear,
Sat beside sinners without disgust,
And spoke forgiveness
Into lives the world had thrown away.
At the cross,
Grace stretched out wounded hands.
The sky grew dark,
The earth trembled,
And mercy bled for mankind.
Every hammer strike cried out love.
Every drop of blood declared redemption.
Every breath He gave away
Opened heaven’s gates for the lost.
And when they placed Him in the grave,
Hell believed the story was over.
But on the third day,
Hope burst forth like lightning from eternity.
Death shattered.
The stone rolled away.
And Christ arose victorious forevermore.
Now forgiveness flows freely
To the addict and the orphan,
To the weary and forgotten,
To the proud who finally kneel,
To every soul crying out in the dark for rescue.
No sin is stronger than His grace.
No failure deeper than His compassion.
No night so endless
That God’s love cannot bring the morning.
So let the nations sing.
Let the weary lift their eyes.
Let broken hearts remember
That heaven has not abandoned them.
For the God who formed galaxies
Still bends low to hear a whispered prayer.
The Savior who conquered the grave
Still calls humanity by name.
And His love—
Unshaken by time,
Undefeated by evil,
Unmeasured by human understanding—
Will reign forever and ever.
Amen.
