TSMSS - The Love of God

No other song seems more appropriate to me as our world dwells on the word 'love' this weekend. Even as many of us are able to celebrate the love that surrounds us in our spouses and families and friends, there are many more with broken hearts or surrounded by a form of 'love' that is toxic, sucking out their spirits and value.

So today, I want to offer to all the only Love that can "go beyond the highest star and reach to the lowest hell". This song is preceded by the core message of the gospel given by our beloved Billy Graham. So listen with me, close your eyes as you envision the height, width and breadth of God's love as penned so beautifully by Frederick Lehman so many years ago.

Then pop by Amy's who hosts TSMSS (Then Sings My Soul Saturday) to hear more songs that minister.

The Love of God

(Frederick M. Lehman (1917) )

1. 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:
     Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
     How measureless and strong!
     It shall forevermore endure—
     The saints’ and angels’ song.
2. When hoary 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.
3. 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.

Happy Valentines Day to one and all!