Because of His Richness in Mercy and Love

Because of His exceedingly great love

And because of His richness in mercy

He has prepared heaven’s kingdom above

For those who believe; the ransomed and free

Because of His merciful, patient embrace

He has extended Time’s tender caress

So all may believe and be saved by His grace

Not of our works; but through His Righteousness

Because of His kind and compassionate ALL

He could not bear to condemn His beloved

But suffered for us, dark Calvary’s gall

His infinite love and mercy He proved

And because of His richness in mercy and love

We have hope not of this world, but above

Our vile and inherited seed of sin

Could not atone guilt with guilt-tainted dust

But God gave instead His Beloved Son

And now in the name of Jesus we trust

As we become heirs, not of earth’s transient scope

But heirs and joint-heirs of a heavenly King

And this is our glorious, eternal hope

Through His precious blood and gifted offering

By grace we are saved, not of works lest we boast

Death could not contain Jesus Christ the Lord

For He is Life; and our Uttermost

Through Him we inherit Heaven’s reward

And still His abundant mercy implores

To the lost before Grace and Time seals its doors

Lord Jesus, rich is His mercy and grace

Oh, what a love that He does not condemn

But has gone away to prepare a place

For us, in a holy and heavenly realm

Jesus did not come in flesh and blood

To condemn the world, but that we may be saved

And hallelujah, in Calvary’s flood

Death has been conquered; our hope is engraved

In the scars of His hands, His feet, His brow

Surely we cannot fathom the height

The depth, the breadth of His love and how

He willingly bore our Death for our Life

Because God, rich in mercy, grace and good-will

Loved us so, and oh how He loves us still

© Janet Martin

Over and over I read this verse this morning

‘But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy…’ Eph. 2: 4

A Good Read;  Eph. 2: 1-10

John 3: 16-17

Romans 8: 38-39