Considering the Father's Love

The Father's love is shown above,
And on earth as well,
For we see it in His Son,
Who came to earth to dwell.

The Son came willingly,
Knowing what He faced,
Drawing with each breath
On the Father's grace
To do the Father's will.

What did the Father will?
A wife for His Son,
But at what cost?
The Son would die for the lost.

O perfection for corruption,
The holy for the unholy,
The eternal for the mortal,
The righteous for the unrighteous,
The just for the unjust,
The worthy for the unworthy,
The loving for the unloving.

"Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself as He is pure" (1 John 2:28-3:3; NASB).