God’s Family Hymnal 11: 51

【The Lord’s Love Dream, His Joy Ahead】

1 O’ Lord, when You faced the deepest pain on the cross,

You sweetly thought of this fullness of joy before You.

You longed for me to be enthroned with You in glory.

You yearned to live in me forever and ever.

I cherish Your love dream.

You gave Yourself for me. Now Your love dream has come true.

With joy You embrace me into Your beautiful heart.

2 O’Lord, when You faced the deepest pain on the cross,

The joy of the Father and mine were set before You.

You longed for the Father’s deepest love to be in me.

You desired that I live in Abba’s heart forever.

I cherish Your love dream.

You gave Yourself to make Abba’s and my dream come true.

Abba ran out to me, embraced me into His heart.

【Rom 9:1-13】

1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit—

2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises.

5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel,

7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”

8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

9 For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.”

10 And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,

11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls—

12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”