And Can It Be

copyright Bob Hostetler

I thank you, Lord Jesus, that you became sin for me--
and that I am become the righteousness of God in you!
"And can it be!"

Thank you for showing the exceeding riches of your grace in your kindness toward me. Thank you for sealing me with the Holy Spirit of promise. Thank you for making me part of a chosen generation, a member of a royal priesthood, one of a holy nation, your own special people, that I may proclaim the praises of you who called me out of darkness into your marvelous light. Thank you for all things eternal and temporal, with which you have blessed me so abundantly, in Jesus' name, amen.