Poezie Your Terrible Freedom

A bold experiment began

When God created earth and man;

Giving man the power of choice

To spurn His Word or head His voice.

That day the angels held their breath

As man chose sin and self and death.



God could have saved this world its woe

By building robots that would go

In just the paths that He’d designed,

Obeying, but obeying blind.

He could have saved His Son the shame

By forcing man His will to claim.



But God’s bold test was for a cause --

To prove, though man may break His laws

And nail His Savior to a cross,

That God will triumph over loss

And bring Himself eternal fame

By cleansing man from sin and shame.



For only ransomed souls can sing;

No praises flow from robot-things.

And heaven’s angels now rejoice

To think that God gave man a choice!