“I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."—ROMANS 8:38, 3938For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38‑39).
“BELOVED of God!" Oh, wondrous name,
For those who can a Savior claim
In Jesus; and to Him have come
As sinners ruined, lost, undone.
“Beloved of God!" The title seems
Like strains of music heard in dreams;
Notes of the song they'll sing above,
Brief echoes of the heavenly love!
It gleams upon the path of life,
And cheers us in the battle's strife.
“Beloved of God!" what foe can harm
When He makes bare His own right arm?
And though the march be hot and long,
What sweeter theme to make our song
'Twill lighten e'en the heaviest load
To know that we're beloved of God!
And should wild storms of sorrow come,
And care and grief, to bow us down,
Oh, let us take the chastening rod,
Remembering we're Beloved of God
And this is faith, both clear and bright,
When all around is dark as night;
To look upon the scene abroad,
And say we're still beloved of God!
Through dark and light, through sun and shade,
Those for whom such a price He paid
He'll keep—and they shall ever be
“Beloved of God” eternally.
A. S. O.