Hymn of the Week: Love I

This week I still have a lot to do for school but its the last week and I am done come Wednesday. But as I was thinking for this weeks hymn, I thought I would do one that was really the theme of my week. To put my week bluntly it was me paying for all the lazy stupid mistakes I had built up over the semester. I was thinking how stupid I was and how boneheaded I could be. At that time I was really feeling worthless and stupid on the way to class(that's a 30 min drive for those that don't know me), which meant I had time to think and as usual, I had my mp3 player going. I was so caught up in my though and just trashing my self about how stupid and lazy I can be. I forgot all about the stereo and I had my "Rock" CD in on random. This is one of the last CD's I go to if I really want to have a worship session in my car. But a song came on about 5 min in to my drive, it was Pillars song "Simply". It really kind of hit me hard that God loved me any ways. He loved me just because of his Son. Just to show an un-faithful man how much God is about Grace and is a good God. It even made me see that all these hard circumstances was God's loving discipline. (Heb 12:4-7)
You see, we can not possibly see Gods love with out seeing his Holiness. And the pillar song points that out("a love that did no wrong"), its impossible to know God apart from his Holiness. I must say by the time I got to school I was very different in my out look from the time I had left home. Thursday, I did not come away with, peace because consiquences had been avoided. On the contrary I came away with peace because I suffered the consequences. With that said , and I am sure you are wondering aloud "I thought this was about a hymn not some stupid rock song" this song is about this very concept the Wonderful powerful Love that Christ shows. It puts many of today's preachers to shame. We become so busy today in the ministry talking about love we forget often the greats show of love is not Mother Teresa, don't get me started on her, it was Christ and his atoning work on the Cross. This Hymn beautifully captures this in eloquent words that so honor God. I hope it ministers to your heart like it did mine.

What Wonderous Love is This?

What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul.

When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down beneath God'’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing.
To God and to the Lamb Who is the great "I Am";
While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing;
While millions join the theme, I will sing.

And when from death I'’m free, I'’ll sing on, I'll sing on;
And when from death I'm free, I'’ll sing on.
And when from death I'’m free, I'll sing and joyful be;
And through eternity, I'’ll sing on, I'll sing on;
And through eternity, I'’ll sing on.

Words by Alexander Means.

Words pulled off of CyberHymnal.org