It’s a little foggy out this morning, Father, and my brain feels much the same. I’ve not been up too awfully long but I am ready to sit with You, to listen to what You have for me this day. Thank You for Your faithfulness. Thank You for Your love.
Lord, it’s been almost a year ago to the day that I shared a portion of one of my favorite hymns. And that’s all I was going to do today but I grabbed my hymnal and read through the text. I can’t read it without the tune popping in but the words are wonderful! So many exclamation points! Lord, thank You for Your faithfulness and love!
That God should love a sinner such as I,
Should yearn to change my sorrow into bliss,
Nor rest till He had planned to bring me nigh –
How wonderful is love like this!
Refrain
Such love, such wondrous love!
Such love, such wondrous love!
That God should love a sinner such as I –
How wonderful is love like this!
That Christ should join so freely in the scheme,
Although it meant His death on Calvary –
Did ever human tongue find nobler theme
Than love divine that ransomed me?
That for a willful outcast such as I
The Father planned, the Savior bled and died,
Redemption for a worthless slave to buy,
Who long had law and grace defied!
And now He takes me to His heart- a son;
He asks me not to fill a servant’s place.
The far-off country wand’rings all are done;
Wide open are His arms of grace!
– C. Bishop, 1929
©1929, Renewed 1957 by Lillenas Publishing Co.
(If you’d like to listen to the tune, here’s a link to a beautiful piano/organ duet – Such Love. RIght click the link and choose “Open in new tab” and you can listen as you look at the text.)
May 27th, 2018, Sun, 6:14 am
