Like Father Like Son

In an instant when the miracle of grace
Took sin and flung it into non-being
In that instant I was no longer
Merely a creature with God's image
No longer a puzzle missing pieces
And in the flash of power that followed
My confession and my yielding
To a sacrifice not of my own doing
I became a son

When the Holy Spirit entered with the missing piece
I became a new being, a new creature with new DNA
The heritage of a king resides now fully in me
Not yet seen by all until I become more transparent.
Yet daily my Father's mannerisms
His way of talking and thinking
His values, His heritage
Is seen by the world in me
Like Father like son