1. 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!
2. 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 oer His loved ones,
Died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth,
Watcheth oer them from the throne!
3. O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Love of every love the best!
Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
Tis a haven sweet of rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to Thee!
by Samuel Trevor Francis
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers,
nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 8:38-39 ESV
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
who, though he was in the form of God,
did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,
being born in the likeness of men.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death,even death on a cross.Philippians 2:5-8 ESV
Infants always get a longer look from me this time of year… to think that He who created all things reduced Himself to a tiny dependent creature for love of His rebellious creation. Boggling.
And, I’m enjoying seeing how many bloggers went straight to this hymn, as I did. Thanks for sharing.
thanks for stopping here janeen:) nice to meet you. babies at this time of year are special aren’t they? i have a friend who had one on thanksgiving:) it’s so neat to see how everything seems t stop for the birth and care of a newborn. the world is crazy busy all around, but the mom and baby are in a bit of a cocoon.
I’m not familiar with this hymn. I like it! Oh and that Romans verse…one of my faves!
it’s a great hymn isn’t it tara? glad i was able to squint you with it. hope you have a great christmas:)
Beautiful song and post, Martha…an early Christmas gift!
good. i’m glad you enjoyed it andrew. thanks for stopping by. i meant to stop by your place last nite, but kept falling asleep! i’ll come by now.
I love this song. So good to use it as an opener for your post. I think that we too often don’t realize the depth of God’s love for us.
we forget so easily, don’t we annette? This is a great time of year to be reminded…again! but it isn’t a seasonal thing at all!
This is a great hymn, I didn’t know it before.
“Yes, we know Jesus loves us intellectually, but it doesn’t always filter to our hearts when we are struggling.” This line hit home for me, I like the idea of letting this love filtering through our every pore until it settles in our very core. Thanks for sharing! I’m your neighbor at FMF this week.
i’m glad you were my neighbor today katha. it has been awhile since we were neighbors:) it is a beautiful hymn. this is the tune i’m most familiar with, but i’m heard other tunes as well. the words are truly beautiful!
The words of the song are beautiful! I agree, it is easy to know in our heads that God loves us, but it’s harder to really grasp the reality of that on our hearts sometimes.
it is true isn’t it lesley:) so glad you stopped by!