Faithful, Merciful And True Poem by Mary Wismer

For the LORD your God is a merciful God;
he will not abandon or destroy you or forget
the covenant with your forefathers,
which he confirmed to them by oath.

God is not a man, that he should lie;
neither the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall he not do it?
or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

It is a trustworthy statement:
For if we died with Him,
we will also live with Him;
If we endure, we will also reign with Him;
If we deny Him, He also will deny us;
If we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself.

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God
is the object of our faith; the only faith
that saves is faith in Him.

13. January 2008