The Gulf

There it is so vast and empty
Darkness covering such a span
No way over for the person
Massive gulf 'tween God and man

Sin destroyed the pure communion,
That God had, with His creation!
Gulf so dark, so vast, so empty
Separating God from every nation

There He stands in finest glory
The One to come and bridge the span
The One who descends from brightest Heaven
The one true God who comes as a Man.

Gulf so vast, so dark and empty
Created because of the awful Fall.
Look! There lies one to restore communion
Tiny Babe in animal stall

There it is so dark and empty,
No way to God; all seems lost
But on a hill outside the City
The God-Man nailed to a cross

The gulf so dark, lonely, empty
Is being bridged by this Man,
Dying to provide redemption,
Making a way across the span

There He hangs, dead on the tree.
God, who came from human womb,
Now the gulf is being covered
As He lies in darkest tomb.

Oh the cross, so evil, wicked,
God has used for redemption's plan,
The Sinless One - He now is risen,
Through His death we cross the span!

written by me 9 November 2009