March 14, 2012
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Outcast vine, faithless bride ~ What beauty? What did you see?
Ezekiel 16:1 Again the word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations, 3 and say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. 5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, on the day that you were born.
Outcast vine, faithless bride
Full of violence, speaking liesLeprous sheep, by all others despised
Yet I felt Your compassionate eyeWhat beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!Of all peoples, I was lowest and least
From head to toe, utterly diseasedChief of sinners, queen of harlotry
What beauty? O, Lord, what did You see?What beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!A fool, I vainly professed to be wise
Exchanged Your glory for a lieWhile I was dead, helpless and blood guilty
Christ died to give aid to Abraham's seedWhat beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!The Son of God – O! He loved me!
Christ Jesus gave Himself for me!The Lamb of God crucified for me!
Grace overflowed! I obtained mercy!What beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!Eternal Counsel, Trinity did convene
The Lamb was slain to bear iniquity'Twas the Lord's will to put Him to grief
Through the cross, reconciliation received!What beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!Your lovingkindness stretched wide
Your stripes the healing balm appliedYour Spirit breathed, made me alive
Wooed me, drew me to Your sideWhat beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!God's covenant mercies so sublime!
Christ drank wrath's cup which was to be mineRises in darkness, makes His face shine
Feeds me with honey, oil and wineSings to me, "My sister! My bride!"
With His goodness, I am satisfied!
What beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!Before the world's foundation
Predestined to adoptionOnce Lo–ammi, now His sons!
Christ struck for our transgressionsWhat beauty? What did You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!Of all peoples, I am lowest and least
From head to toe, utterly diseasedChief of sinners, queen of harlotry
What beauty? O, Lord, what do you see?What beauty? What do You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!Washed throughly, purged with hyssop
Adorned with Christ's righteousnessIn myself, no beauty, no goodness
The LORD is my whole righteousnessWhat beauty? What do You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!Delivered from bloodguiltiness
Forever Your name I will blessClothed with Your beautiful garments
You alone are my only boast!What beauty? What do You see?
Why did You set Your love on me?
Truly nothing good dwells in me.
What Beauty! Christ on the tree!
Adorable mystery!
Passover Lamb died for me!O! The Branch! – Beautiful!
For this worm, love inexhaustible!O! The Branch! – Glorious!
For this wretch, grace plenteous!You alone I worship, only You
To Your name ascribe the glory dueYou alone are Beauty, only You
For Your fame, I give the glory dueEzekiel 16:6 “And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood, I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you in your blood, ‘Live!’ 7 I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall and arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet you were naked and bare.
8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD, and you became mine. 9 Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil. 10 I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk. 11 And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. 14 And your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.
Jeremiah 33:14 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’
Isaiah 4:2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Deuteronomy 7:6 “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
I Timothy 1:12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 71
14 But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
15 My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.
16 With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.(I will remind them of Your beauty, Yours alone.)
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Comments (1)
What did He see? Judging by any standards known to man, that is unanswerable. There was nothing good in me and not a shred of love for Him - not even a sure belief in Him to begin with.
Maybe this is why He is so precious to me, and has been since that day I really came to know Him. God doesn't owe us His love or provision for us....it is all by His grace and is a genuine mystery.
"You alone I worship, only You
To Your name ascribe the glory due"
Amen!