WHAT IS MAN THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM?

August 12, 2003

We are the people that we’ve known,
The books that we have read,
The pictures we’ve been shown,
The truths that we have said;
The genes that we’ve been given,
The hardships that have pained us,
The hopes by which we’re driven,
And joys that entertained us.

We are the God we have believed in,
The grace He granted us;
By faith we have received Him;
His Word enchanted us;
His Spirit is our teacher,
A witness always known
His prophet is our preacher,
Through whom He calls His own.

Our life is mostly gift;
Not much that we have made;
We find our greatest lift
When we give others aid.
So since God models giving,
The greatest gift His Son,
The grandest kind of living
Honors what He’s done.

So, “What is man,” we ask,
“That God knows he is here?”
He is appointed to a task
In this and every year.
He is God’s hands upon this earth,
God’s voice upon the air,
Appointed from his birth
To speak and be God’s Truth,
EVERYWHERE!