Romans 8:38-39
“For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
As we consider how much God loves us, we often find ourselves incapable of truly putting it into words–at least, that is the way I feel. We certainly do not deserve the wonderful love of God, but, oh how much we need it!
I cannot think of a better way to express the majesty of God’s love for us than the old hymn by L.M. Lehman, “The Love of God.” Here is what Mr. Lehman wrote about how he came to write the hymn: “One day, during short intervals of inattention to my work, I picked up a scrap of paper, a stub pencil, and seated upon an empty lemon box pushed against the wall, wrote the first two stanzas and chorus of the song.”
Sometime later the words that became the third stanza came from a Jewish poem that had been found penciled on the walls of a patient’s room in an insane asylum after the man had been carried to his grave. Prayerfully read his words in the third stanza.
The love of God is greater far,
Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.Refrain: O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure,
The saints’ and angels’ song.When years of time shall pass away,
And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,
When men, who here refuse to pray,
On rocks and hills and mountains call,
God’s love so sure, shall still endure,
All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—
The saints’ and angels’ song.Refrain: O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure,
The saints’ and angels’ song.Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above,
Would drain the ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
though stretched from sky to sky.Refrain: O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure,
The saints’ and angels’ song.
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Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
360-570-0074
PastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com
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