The Lord above will not reject

The Lord above will not reject the people God foreknew;

God's faithfulness is sure and fast - to these God will be true.

 

The gifts of God are not revoked; God's calling does not fail.

God's mercy is from age to age and will at last prevail. 

 

Our disobedience is not met with scorn or wounded pride; 

God will be merciful to all; in this good news abide.

 

 

TEXT: Charies Spence Freeman, August 2023, after Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

MUSIC: Tune WINCHESTER OLD, Este's Psalms, 1592; harm. George Kirbye, 1592.

 

 

To be blunt, this is not much of a lectionary reading, though it does carry some weight in its few words. A simple, compact tune seemed the best option for taking up this brief but potent text.