The Good News

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THE GOOD NEWS

I’m not a preacher
I’m not a teacher
Just a simple artist
Trying my hardest
Through photos and art
And writing from the heart
Spreading the good news however I can
Far and wide across the land

You see there is a chasm
So deep and full of sin
Between our precious Saviour and us
But He came to show the way across
He gave up His home in glory
So begins a wondrous story
He came to be born in a lowly manger
Came to save us while from God we were strangers

He walked this earth for thirty odd years
He gave sight to the blind, opened deaf ears
He bid the lame walk take up their bed
And helped fishermen fish for men instead
He ate with sinners, set captives free
He came for them, came for you and me
You and I the captives of sin
He bids us, enter in

His earthly life ended on Calvary’s tree
The blood He shed sets us free
To be set free, repent, come beneath the crimson flow
And His grace, mercy, love and peace you will know
Through God’s only Son your life can change
Doubts and sins for new life exchanged
For one thing I know, Jesus saves
And with Him we no longer need fear the grave

And when He returns to claim His own
With Him we will go to our eternal home
For to spend the rest of eternity with Him is better
Than to die in sin and remain in fetters
So seek Him out accept His grace
He will help you finish the race
For nowhere else will you ever find
Any greater love or peace of mind

Jeannine Faith