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Forgiven! Oh, the bliss of it, The freedom God’s children can know, In spite of the past, God’s promise is fast, You still can be whiter than snow.
Forgiven! Oh, the power of it, To sing mercy’s lilting refrain, That even a life, filled with fear, guilt, and strife Can be used to touch others again.
Forgiven! Oh, the love of it God’s child on unblemished sod. And no matter the sin, he’s been cleansed once again, And again know the mercy of God.
Forgiven! Oh, Satan dreads it, For the Christian to know that for sure, He is once again free, God’s anointed to be, And in God’s eyes again he is pure.
But forgiven is but the beginning, As God’s billows of love o’er us pour, His soft tender voice whispers, “Now, you’ve a choice; Go thy way, child, and sin – ye – no more!”
