He IS

Omniscient deity,

Maker of everything,

Ruler of All,

and still closer,

more intimate

than my own heart beat.

You give us breath,

and yet You take mine away.

Lion and Lamb.

Untold power beyond our understanding,

lying helpless as a baby in a manger.

Creator and Sacrifice.

Supreme ruler of the universe,

and Lover of my soul.

You hold the universe in the palm of Your hand,

and yet pursue me with the gentleness

of a whispering breeze.

Wisdom and folly.

Armageddon and grace.

Blessed Redeemer,

and the least of these...

Eternity

and the blink of an eye.

God of fire and brimstone,

yet You patiently grew

the Tree of Calvary.

A pillar of smoke by day and fire by night,

and broken as the bread of life.

You are the Way the Truth the Life

and yet a choice we may make on our own.

Judgement and Mercy.

Finality and a new beginning.

I find You waiting in the garden...

Hound of Heaven, nose to the ground

following my every step.

Wherever I go, You know.

I can make no movement that You do not see.

I can hide no sin.

No deed.

No thought.

And despite my denial thrice,

You love me all the more.

You forgive me.

You die on the cross and pay the price.

All of your blood,

all of your tears,

all of your life.

Eternal paradox.

Suspended between earth and heaven.

Eden's debt finally paid.

I've never seen Your face as it was when You walked upon earth's common ground,

and yet I see You in the faces and eyes and lives of everyone around me.

You hold all prior generations in Your heavens, great numbers of people, so many I cannot count,

and yet You know me

and You call me by my name.

Your mystery ever deepens.

I am washed away in the great ocean of Your love.

Though I am found and saved,
I am lost in You again.