http://www.gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Mercy&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.16alpha Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:39:00 GMT http://www.gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Mercy&diff=12754&oldid=prev <p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 05:34, 1 October 2008</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;blockquote&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;blockquote&gt;{{info}}''God loves to &quot;magnify His sovereign strength.&quot; This is the answer to the question John Piper poses in the poem &quot;Mighty Mercy&quot;: Why did God choose such &quot;strange and roundabout&quot; providence &quot;[t]o get Messiah where He must be born?&quot; This poem exalts God's absolute sovereignty in the &quot;flukes of history.&quot;'' &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>{{info}}<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mighty Mercy</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>''God loves to &quot;magnify His sovereign strength.&quot; This is the answer to the question John Piper poses in the poem &quot;Mighty Mercy&quot;: Why did God choose such &quot;strange and roundabout&quot; providence &quot;[t]o get Messiah where He must be born?&quot; This poem exalts God's absolute sovereignty in the &quot;flukes of history.&quot;''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Why did He choose a northern maid&lt;br&gt;From Nazareth, who had to trade&lt;br&gt;Her Galilee for Judah just&lt;br&gt;To get Messiah where He must&lt;br&gt;Be born? A strange and roundabout&lt;br&gt;Procedure for a God, no doubt,&lt;br&gt;Who values His efficiency&lt;br&gt;And rules the world from sea to sea!&lt;br&gt;Why not a girl from Bethlehem?&lt;br&gt;Well half the girls in town would stem&lt;br&gt;From David's line. And carpenters&lt;br&gt;Aplenty there could bear the slurs&lt;br&gt;And gossip on a virgin got&lt;br&gt;with child, who blushed and said she'd not&lt;br&gt;Once kissed her man this whole year past.&lt;br&gt;Why not? Because God's power is vast,&lt;br&gt;And in one little virgin birth&lt;br&gt;His sovereign joy and mighty mirth&lt;br&gt;In saving us from evil bent&lt;br&gt;Could never, never rest content.&lt;br&gt;Instead He turned and set His sight&lt;br&gt;To spangle Rome with all His might;&lt;br&gt;And took a girl from Galilee&lt;br&gt;To magnify His sovereignty.&lt;br&gt;And made the Roman king conspire&lt;br&gt;With God, to serve a purpose higher&lt;br&gt;Than he or any in the realm&lt;br&gt;Could see—a stroke to overwhelm&lt;br&gt;A few with faith and cause their heart&lt;br&gt;To know the truth, at least in part,&lt;br&gt;That, though God loves efficiency&lt;br&gt;And rules the world from sea to sea,&lt;br&gt;He does not go from here to there&lt;br&gt;By shortest routes to save His fare.&lt;br&gt;He'd rather start in Galilee,&lt;br&gt;Then pass a law in Rome, you see,&lt;br&gt;To get the child down south at length,&lt;br&gt;And magnify His sovereign strength.&lt;br&gt;God rules the flukes of history&lt;br&gt;To see that Micah's prophecy&lt;br&gt;Comes true. Why did He choose a maid&lt;br&gt;From Nazareth? Perhaps she prayed&lt;br&gt;That endless mercy might abound&lt;br&gt;And take the longer way around.&lt;br&gt;The mighty mercy we adore&lt;br&gt;As we light advent candle four.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Why did He choose a northern maid&lt;br&gt;From Nazareth, who had to trade&lt;br&gt;Her Galilee for Judah just&lt;br&gt;To get Messiah where He must&lt;br&gt;Be born? A strange and roundabout&lt;br&gt;Procedure for a God, no doubt,&lt;br&gt;Who values His efficiency&lt;br&gt;And rules the world from sea to sea!&lt;br&gt;Why not a girl from Bethlehem?&lt;br&gt;Well half the girls in town would stem&lt;br&gt;From David's line. And carpenters&lt;br&gt;Aplenty there could bear the slurs&lt;br&gt;And gossip on a virgin got&lt;br&gt;with child, who blushed and said she'd not&lt;br&gt;Once kissed her man this whole year past.&lt;br&gt;Why not? Because God's power is vast,&lt;br&gt;And in one little virgin birth&lt;br&gt;His sovereign joy and mighty mirth&lt;br&gt;In saving us from evil bent&lt;br&gt;Could never, never rest content.&lt;br&gt;Instead He turned and set His sight&lt;br&gt;To spangle Rome with all His might;&lt;br&gt;And took a girl from Galilee&lt;br&gt;To magnify His sovereignty.&lt;br&gt;And made the Roman king conspire&lt;br&gt;With God, to serve a purpose higher&lt;br&gt;Than he or any in the realm&lt;br&gt;Could see—a stroke to overwhelm&lt;br&gt;A few with faith and cause their heart&lt;br&gt;To know the truth, at least in part,&lt;br&gt;That, though God loves efficiency&lt;br&gt;And rules the world from sea to sea,&lt;br&gt;He does not go from here to there&lt;br&gt;By shortest routes to save His fare.&lt;br&gt;He'd rather start in Galilee,&lt;br&gt;Then pass a law in Rome, you see,&lt;br&gt;To get the child down south at length,&lt;br&gt;And magnify His sovereign strength.&lt;br&gt;God rules the flukes of history&lt;br&gt;To see that Micah's prophecy&lt;br&gt;Comes true. Why did He choose a maid&lt;br&gt;From Nazareth? Perhaps she prayed&lt;br&gt;That endless mercy might abound&lt;br&gt;And take the longer way around.&lt;br&gt;The mighty mercy we adore&lt;br&gt;As we light advent candle four.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;/blockquote&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&lt;/blockquote&gt;</div></td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-04-30 23:39:00 --> </table> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:34:31 GMT Greetje http://www.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Mighty_Mercy http://www.gospeltranslations.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Mercy&diff=12753&oldid=prev <p>New page: &lt;blockquote&gt; {{info}}Mighty Mercy &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt; &#39;&#39;God loves to &quot;magnify His sovereign strength.&quot; This is the answer to the question John Piper poses in the poem &quot;Mighty Mercy&quot;:...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> {{info}}Mighty Mercy<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> ''God loves to &quot;magnify His sovereign strength.&quot; This is the answer to the question John Piper poses in the poem &quot;Mighty Mercy&quot;: Why did God choose such &quot;strange and roundabout&quot; providence &quot;[t]o get Messiah where He must be born?&quot; This poem exalts God's absolute sovereignty in the &quot;flukes of history.&quot;''<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;<br /> Why did He choose a northern maid&lt;br&gt;From Nazareth, who had to trade&lt;br&gt;Her Galilee for Judah just&lt;br&gt;To get Messiah where He must&lt;br&gt;Be born? A strange and roundabout&lt;br&gt;Procedure for a God, no doubt,&lt;br&gt;Who values His efficiency&lt;br&gt;And rules the world from sea to sea!&lt;br&gt;Why not a girl from Bethlehem?&lt;br&gt;Well half the girls in town would stem&lt;br&gt;From David's line. And carpenters&lt;br&gt;Aplenty there could bear the slurs&lt;br&gt;And gossip on a virgin got&lt;br&gt;with child, who blushed and said she'd not&lt;br&gt;Once kissed her man this whole year past.&lt;br&gt;Why not? Because God's power is vast,&lt;br&gt;And in one little virgin birth&lt;br&gt;His sovereign joy and mighty mirth&lt;br&gt;In saving us from evil bent&lt;br&gt;Could never, never rest content.&lt;br&gt;Instead He turned and set His sight&lt;br&gt;To spangle Rome with all His might;&lt;br&gt;And took a girl from Galilee&lt;br&gt;To magnify His sovereignty.&lt;br&gt;And made the Roman king conspire&lt;br&gt;With God, to serve a purpose higher&lt;br&gt;Than he or any in the realm&lt;br&gt;Could see—a stroke to overwhelm&lt;br&gt;A few with faith and cause their heart&lt;br&gt;To know the truth, at least in part,&lt;br&gt;That, though God loves efficiency&lt;br&gt;And rules the world from sea to sea,&lt;br&gt;He does not go from here to there&lt;br&gt;By shortest routes to save His fare.&lt;br&gt;He'd rather start in Galilee,&lt;br&gt;Then pass a law in Rome, you see,&lt;br&gt;To get the child down south at length,&lt;br&gt;And magnify His sovereign strength.&lt;br&gt;God rules the flukes of history&lt;br&gt;To see that Micah's prophecy&lt;br&gt;Comes true. Why did He choose a maid&lt;br&gt;From Nazareth? Perhaps she prayed&lt;br&gt;That endless mercy might abound&lt;br&gt;And take the longer way around.&lt;br&gt;The mighty mercy we adore&lt;br&gt;As we light advent candle four.<br /> &lt;/blockquote&gt;</div> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:39:33 GMT Greetje http://www.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Mighty_Mercy