Depth of mercy! Can there be
Mercy still reserved for me?
Can my God your wrath forbear
Me, the chief of sinners, spare?
Chorus:
It's my only hope,
You're my only hope,
It's my only hope of Heaven,
At the cross forgiven!
I have long withstood your grace,
Long provoked you to your face,
Would not harken to your calls,
Grieved you by a thousand falls.
Chorus
There for me the Savior stands,
Shows his wounds and spreads His hands.
Face to face before the Son,
And like Isaiah I'm undone!
Chorus
Depth of mercy, vast and free
So much deeper than the sea,
God of love, you heard my cry
Now into your open arms I fly!
We sang this modern rendition of the hymn, Depth of Mercy, by Charles Wesley. While the modern version and chorus are beautiful, to get the full effect of the song one must read all the verses. Go to this site to read a short, but powerful story about the hymn and to read all of the verses.
God has been reminding me of just how much grace has been shown to me. God chose me! How amazing is his grace! He chose me out of many. Why me? I, the chief of sinners, did nothing to deserve it! Only by his grace am I saved!
Thank you, Lord. I am speechless. There are no words to describe such gratefulness and joy as I have welled up in my heart. All I can say is thank you.
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What a great gift for God to bless you with! I'll pray that He continues to show you His awesome grace. Pray for me, too, will you? I dunno, but I am not currently as awake as I'd liked to be to God and who He is and who I am. I feel locked into who I was last fall, I want to be who I was for a few days this summer.
To have God be our only delight, how much would we give? Really. Truly. If we were to see our lives with an eternal perspective, what would change in our lives?
As I read Augustine I wish I could wake up from the foggy muddle I am in and love God like he did, and does. All of these people that I hear abt in history, the really godly people, their lives were defined by God and lived for God entirely. They took God seriously.
Is anything bad about spending hours daily with God? I spend hours studying for school, but if God is eternal, wouldn't it be good to spend more time with Him? Yes, I can glorify God through my studying school and my dance. But in a relationship I like getting one-on-one focused time with people in addition to doing group activities with them.
How am I using my time? I feel as if I am living in jelly-goo. Everything happens in slow motion, I waste so much time!!!!!!!!!
It greatly annoys (or, to call it by its real name, angers) me. Some of this sludgyness is probably due to just starting out and figuring out a schedule, but it is still hard. I have difficulty focusing on anything!
And God seems distant. This past week I haven't been getting as much time with Him as I normally do. What scares me most is the fact that I haven't fallen apart as much as I thought I would. I think I went back to the point where I was spiritually last fall. I don't want to drift back downstream! I just feel rather lukewarm for God.
Also, I haven't been able to fully choreograph a dance. That bothers me.
Pray that God would work in me. Pray that He'd wake me up and shake me up. Pray that I'd be less selfish and care for others more.
--A somewhat distantly related person with a dizzying intellect.
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