Twelve kinds of wonder
   Ten kinds of thrill
That God has endowed us
   With two words, “I will”
In loving permission
   He whispers, “You may”
We’re free moral agents
   What can we say?

Upheld in His sovereignty
   His universe stands
Each infinite detail
   Held fast in His hands.
Where nothing may vary
   From His precise plan
No alternate mind
   But then …
      He made man!

Within him He placed
   The power to choose
For good or for evil
   To win or to lose.
With the image of God
   Anchored deep in his being
He communes with his Lord
   And by faith waits the seeing.

The loving experiment
   Heaven has designed
An alternative will
   Though often maligned.
Is the reason for living
   The essence of life
By this is explained
   The joys and the strife.

So, choices do matter
   Commitments still count
The law that we live by
   Came down from the mount
Guaranteeing us freedom
   From the most to the least
Marking always the difference
   ’Tween the man and the beast.

Let therefore the person
   Who would live life aright
Be shrewd in his choosing
   ’Neath heaven’s bright light.
Led by the Spirit
   Blest from on high
We follow the pathway
   That leads to the sky.

—Dave Breese