Mind, Memory and Mercy

11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)— 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. Ephesians 2

It's Morning, Jesus
Before the sun rises today on the plenty of this life
Before the shadows of night are chased from the back deck
I will be obedient to your word.
I will remember.
I will remember the plight of my life when I was born outside your mercy
I will remember abandonment by the hands of men
I will meditate upon my plight separated from you
I will remember my exclusion
I will remember and reflect upon my state outside your mercy:

Without Him I could do nothing,
Without Him I’d surely fail;
Without Him I would be drifting,
Like a ship without a sail
Jesus, O Jesus, Do you know Him today?
Do not turn Him away!
O Jesus, O Jesus, Without Him
How lost I would be

Without Him, I would be dying,
Without Him I’d be enslaved;
Without Him Life would be hopeless -
But with Jesus, Thank God I’m saved.

Jesus, O Jesus, Do you know Him today?
Do not turn Him away!
O Jesus, O Jesus, Without Him
How lost I would be

Then I will remember
the strong hand of your deliverance
the mercy I did nothing to deserve
the free gift of grace in Jesus Christ

As I am faithful to your word and "remember" Lord Jesus
I cry glory
I sing hallelujah
I sweat inside with the fever of gratitude
My heart turns warm toward you.
You are the great lover of the universe
You are an all consuming fire.
Today I magnify and give glory to your name.
Amen