Jacob Have I Loved
God called him the ‘man who would wrestle with God’
Courageous, afraid, or only a fool
To challenge the One by whom he became
His image, God’s chosen tool
The man whom the world chose to call cheat
In birth reaching out of the womb
Grabbing hold of a promise given before
Abram was laid in his tomb
“I have loved Jacob” and promised to him
The blessing of being My son
To love Me, and serve Me, and someday to know
The passionate love that would cripple his hip
As I cried out to him, ‘…simply let go’"
Had he asked, there was balm for his pain
There was healing, and comfort and peace
Though it took him a while, Jacob finally let go
The lesson his life’s story can teach
God’s mind was made up, and He never changed
He knew the heart of the man that He chose
Persecuted not forsaken, struck down not destroyed
Through his family the Promise arose.
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