O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free;
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me.
Underneath me, all around me,
Is the current of thy love;
Leading onward, leading homeward,
To thy glorious rest above.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Spread his praise from shore to shore;
How he loveth, ever loveth,
Changeth never, nevermore;
How he watches o'er his loved ones,
Died to call them all his own;
How for them he intercedeth,
Watcheth o'er them from the throne.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
Love of ev'ry love the best:
'Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
'Tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
'Tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to thee.
Love of ev'ry love the best:
'Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
'Tis a haven sweet of rest.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus!
'Tis a heav'n of heav'ns to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to thee.
--Samuel Trevor Francis
I have always loved this hymn, both for its lyrics and its welsh melody. I listen to it at least once a week, and when things are tough, several times a day. My favorite version of it is by Third Lobby and I'm hoping they'll give me permission to share it here one of these days.
One summer at camp we were playing our nightly game with the campers and the challenge was for each team to construct a boat out of duct tape and cardboard. Then each counselor was supposed to get in the boat and compete in a race of duct-tape/cardboard boats.
The event was as hilarious as it sounds. We all looked so sorry in our funny little contraptions trying to stay afloat. Within minutes nearly every boat had given way to the depths of the lake and the race was over.
So that's what I think of whenever I hear this hymn: we like to play it safe with Christ's love, to stay in control of it, to only engage it as far as it's comfortable for us. We build our sorry little paper boats of "what we think is best" and just try to skim the surface of His Deep Deep Love.
But thankfully, mercifully, His love pulls us down into its depths, beyond safety and comfort, to a place that passes all understanding, boundless, free.
Tagging: MM, Kendall, Boo, and Mary
One summer at camp we were playing our nightly game with the campers and the challenge was for each team to construct a boat out of duct tape and cardboard. Then each counselor was supposed to get in the boat and compete in a race of duct-tape/cardboard boats.
The event was as hilarious as it sounds. We all looked so sorry in our funny little contraptions trying to stay afloat. Within minutes nearly every boat had given way to the depths of the lake and the race was over.
So that's what I think of whenever I hear this hymn: we like to play it safe with Christ's love, to stay in control of it, to only engage it as far as it's comfortable for us. We build our sorry little paper boats of "what we think is best" and just try to skim the surface of His Deep Deep Love.
But thankfully, mercifully, His love pulls us down into its depths, beyond safety and comfort, to a place that passes all understanding, boundless, free.
Tagging: MM, Kendall, Boo, and Mary
8 comments:
WOW! I really love that song, too. I loved your idea of being pulled down to the depths of His love and out of our own feeble attempts to control it! Thanks for being a part of my little tag game!
That's one of my favorit hymns, too! Can't wait to hear your favorite version.
Thanks for the tag, Mrs. J-and for your recent posts. Wow. What a beautiful heart you have.
i don't get it-what's tagged??
Thanks all!
KB: it means you have to say what song means a lot to you lately and share the lyrics on your blog (sorry I didn't explain it better!)
I love this post. I can still see the look of surprise/laughter/joy on the faces of the counselors as they humbly (and clumsily) swam back to the dock, paddles (and particles) in hand (thank goodness for life vests!) Wouldn't it be wonderful if we responded in kind to Jesus, when He lovingly shows us the sinkability of our own designs?
Here's a video of Third Lobby and friends playing What Wonderous Love is This on the western shore of Ireland.
we sang this song at our wedding over a year ago; it is one of my personal favorites. ;)
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