Poem 14: No Longer Lost

Aliens from the Commonwealth
Of Israel
Alienated from the body of Christ
But now we are co-heirs with Christ
Oh what grace! Oh what love!

We who once were far off
Directionless, lost with hope
And without God in this world
But now people of God, His own nation
Oh what grace! Oh what love!

Gentiles once in the flesh
Called the Uncircumcision
Once beyond the walls of salvation
But now can go through into the broken
Curtain of separation
Oh what grace! Oh what love!

For Christ has brought us near
By His blood
He has abolished in His flesh
The law that separated us
He has become our peace
And reconciled us unto God
What grace! What love!

We has access by one Spirit
To the Father
Right into the throne room of Grace!
Behold what manner of love
The Father has given unto us
That we should be called the children of God

No longer strangers
No longer aliens
Halleluyah, no longer lost!!
Indeed, what love!
Frankly, what Grace!


(c) Nana Damoah
2003