A Bird Sung Chorus

Daniel 12-Hosea 3

There is a lonely sweet bird singing in the forest this morning, a few true notes.  Another one, deeper still, repeats the same song.   They echo the Bible this morning.  Men of old sing in chorus of God’s love for us and His desire for us to be reconciled to Him.  Others hear and repeat the refrain passing it up through the ages to you this morning.  Listen!

“And I (God) will betroth you to Me

         forever;

Yes, I will betroth you to Me

         in righteousness and in

         justice,

In lovingkindness and in

         Compassion,

And I will betroth you to Me in

         Faithfulness.

Then you will know the

         Lord.”  Hosea 2:19-20

The refrain,

“Amazing grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost but now I’m found

Was blind but now I see…”

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