The Love of God
“I have loved you with an everlasting love.” Jeremiah 31:3
As you celebrate the Lord’s Day, HE really is our TRUE valentine:
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.
When years of time shall pass away and earthly thrones and kingdom fall,
When men who here refuse to pray, on rocks and hills and mountain call,
God’s love so sure shall still endure, All measureless and strong;
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—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, Tho’ stretched from sky to sky.
Refrain
O love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong!
O love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong!
It shall forever more endure – The saints’ and angels’ song!
Have you recently told HIM that you love HIM? Take some time to do that today. – Bill Welte is President and CEO
Compass Pointers: I want passionate feelings to characterize my relationship with the Lord Jesus. Of course, I want to be perfectly obedient to the Lord, but I want the obedience to spring out of a passionate love for him. I want to obey Jesus not simply out of discipline of duty, or because of some reward or fear of punishment. I want to serve Him simply for the joy of being able to please the one I love so much. If discipline is what ultimately drives us in our pursuit of Jesus, eventually we will give up that pursuit. But a man in love, or a woman in love will never quit. That is the nature of love (Song of Solomon 8:6-7) I want my life to be characterized by an unrestrained affection for the Son of God. Jack Deere
Anchored to the Rock: Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
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