http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2014/01/30/why-i-married-a-white-girl/

Romans 5:8 “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” expresses God’s profound acceptance of us, the degree to which he valued us, and his desire for a relationship with us.  (Cross-Cultural Servanthood, By: Duane Elmer, p. 59)

We Were Pharaoh’s Bondmen By: John Newton

Beneath the tyrant Satan’s yoke
Our souls were long oppressed;
Till grace our galling fetters broke,                                  
And gave the weary rest.
Jesus, in that important hour,
His mighty arm made known;
He ransomed us by price, and pow’r,
And claimed us for his own.
Now, freed from bondage, sin, and death,
We walk in Wisdom’s ways;
And wish to spend our every breath,
In wonder, love, and praise.
Ere long, we hope with him to dwell
In yonder world above;
And now, we only live to tell
The riches of his love.