{"id":5092,"date":"2013-12-24T11:21:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-24T16:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2013-12-24T11:21:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-24T16:21:19","slug":"heaven-can-give-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/24\/heaven-can-give-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven Can Give No More"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A prayer from The Valley of Vision. . . ponder it and may it bless you as you celebrate the birth of the Savior. . <\/p>\n

O Source of all Good,
\nWhat shall I render to Thee for the gift of gifts,
\nThine own dear Son, begotten, not created,
\nmy Redeemer, Proxy, Surety, Substitute,
\nHis self-emptying incomprehensible,
\nHis infinity of love beyond the heart’s grasp.<\/p>\n

Herein is wonder of wonders:
\nHe came below to raise me above,
\nHe was born like me that I might become like Him.<\/p>\n

Herein is love;
\nwhen I cannot rise to Him He draws near on wings of grace,
\nto raise me to Himself.<\/p>\n

Herein is power;
\nwhen Deity and humanity were infinitely apart
\nHe united them in indissoluble unity, the uncreated and the created.<\/p>\n

Herein is wisdom;
\nwhen I was undone, with no will to return to Him,
\nand no intellect to devise recovery,
\nHe came, God-incarnate, to save me to the uttermost,
\nas man to die my death,
\nto shed satisfying blood on my behalf,
\nto work out a perfect righteousness for me.<\/p>\n

O God, take me in spirit to the watchful shepherds,
\nand enlarge my mind;
\nlet me hear good tidings of great joy,
\nand hearing, believe, rejoice, praise, adore,
\nmy conscience bathed in an ocean of repose,
\nmy eyes uplifted to a reconciled Father,
\nplace me with ox, ass, camel, goat,
\nto look with them upon my Redeemer’s face,
\nand in Him account myself delivered from sin;
\nlet me with Simeon clasp the new-born Child to my heart,
\nembrace Him with undying faith,
\nexulting that He is mine and I am His.<\/p>\n

In Him Thou hast given me so much that heaven can give no more.<\/em><\/p>\n