My Saviour's Love

I sat in church today and as I looked around I saw faces.
Faces that radiated joy.
Faces that were calm, feeling peace.
Faces that were edged with fatigue.
Faces lined with physical pain.
Faces that reflected the hurting heart that no one could see.

We were all under one roof, worshipping God in a variety of ways:
~watching the little ones as they sang about building their house upon the Rock,
~putting money into an offering basket for Nepal to help with providing basic needs,
~listening to the Word of God as Pastor Joe taught from the book of Revelation,
~participating in Communion as we shared the symbolic broken bread and poured-out wine,
~singing Jesus Loves Me and realizing it is not just a children's song.

All of this was good, very good. And then we sang a song about My Savior's Love and my heart swelled with emotion and my voice broke as i sang the words, overwhelmed with what those words were saying.

1. I stand amazed in the presence
   Of Jesus the Nazarene,
   And wonder how He could love me,
   A sinner, condemned, unclean.
   • Refrain:
     How marvelous! How wonderful!
     And my song shall ever be:
     How marvelous! How wonderful!
     Is my Savior’s love for me!
2. For me it was in the garden
   He prayed: “Not My will, but Thine.”
   He had no tears for His own griefs,
   But sweat drops of blood for mine.
3. In pity angels beheld Him,
   And came from the world of light
   To comfort Him in the sorrows
   He bore for my soul that night.
4. He took my sins and my sorrows,
   He made them His very own;
   He bore the burden to Calv’ry,
   And suffered and died alone.
5. When with the ransomed in glory
   His face I at last shall see,
   ’Twill be my joy through the ages
   To sing of His love for me.

~Charles H. Gabriel, 1905~

How can I not be amazed at the love that my God has for me? A sinner, condemned, unclean?

Ephesians 3:16-21, NIV I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Love,
Dianne