A Family Affair'

According to the precepts of God's awesome plan, Marriage defined is one woman for one man. Perhaps they have no child; perhaps two, maybe three, Yet God calls their union by name,"Family." When you add in aunts, uncles, and cousins, And various other relatives by the dozens, They are all connected like branches of a tree, You have a unique extended family. Down on the corner each Sunday morning, Another group is slowly forming, Gathering at the church with the white steeple, You will find the family of God's people. In the Bible book of Ephesians, chapter number three, The apostle Paul describes a great mystery. Which previously had been concealed, But which, in due time, the Holy Spirit revealed. That the Gentiles should become the fellow heirs, Of the marvelous promise the Jews had shared, Two great peoples, united as one, Through Christ Jesus, a new family was begun. God's family is open to everyone, Who receives and acknowledges what Jesus has done. He died in the place of each sinner on Earth' And we enter His family through a new birth. Arthur Ball (H.S.L.P.) July 23, 2006