Haiuku responding to Rom 8:12-25
Brothers and sisters,
don't live by the flesh; the flesh
is the way of death.
Live by the Spirit
and put to death sinful deeds;
this way leads to life.
Led by the Spirit
you are made children of God;
free, and without fear.
You've been adopted
by God. Cry Abba! Father!
you are God's children!
If you are children,
then you are also God's heirs;
heirs alongside Christ!
As joint heirs with Christ
you're called to share his suff'ring;
and then his glory.
Present day suff'rings
are nothing when compared with
the coming glory.
Creation's waiting,
yearning; asking, when will God's
children be made known?
Creation's enslaved,
futility reigns; when will
creation be freed?
The whole creation
is groaning, as in labour,
waiting its true birth.
We have the first fruits
of the Spirit, we groan too,
waiting adoption.
In hope we were saved.
Hoping for what is unseen,
we wait with patience.
© Ken Rookes 2025
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