CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF LOVE

Love was there,
The day man was born.
Created in His image,
By Love he was formed.

The man was lonely,
And Love had compassion,
Drew from man's side,
A creature named woman.

Love set them in a garden,
And provided all their need,
Yet man and woman disobeyed.
Because of their greed.

Because of their sin,
They suffered the curse,
In pain and in sorrow,
They wandered the earth.

But Love had a plan,
If they became lost,
His son took their place,
On a rugged wooden cross.

Though they were cast from the garden,
And could no longer enter in,
Love's son bought their forgiveness,
And the garden was planted in them.

Love's creatures smile in victory,
Through the blood they now own,
To rule as Kings andPriests,
In Love's heavenly garden home.