God Is Love

 As I stood there a month ago I needed to recite the second stanza in this hymn;

The Love of God

Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade

To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky...

 

Sands of time cannot revise it

Though the storm of trouble tries it

Though the doubt of man defies it

Living Hope prevails

Flawed perception may mistake it

…think the Giver might forsake it

But nothing, no one can shake it

God’s love never fails

Life, each one of us must face it

Choose to dread it or embrace it

Love of God, what can replace it

Or secure man’s trust?

Birth begets what death will sever

Bodies decay; the soul, never

Who can dare to risk Forever

For a bit of dust?

Boast and bluff will never beat Him

No other gods can defeat Him

Someday everyone will meet Him

Living Hope unveiled

Then all eyes and graves will open

Everyone will see and know Him

Alpha, Omega, Elohim

Love that never failed

Love that planted Eden’s garden

Love that granted sinner’s pardon

Love that knew that man would harden

Hearts, yet Love would win

Love, kind Healer of the broken

Love, fulfiller of the Spoken

Love, The Father’s Flawless token

For man, flawed by sin

Boundless Love, nothing exceeds it

Saviour’s Love, everyone needs it

Perfect Love, the wise man heeds it

Fools deny its Name

Love, the Comforter for sorrow

Love, the Hero in life’s war, oh

Yesterday, today, tomorrow

He abides, the same

© Janet Martin

 Love Comes from God

 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. 

Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.  

This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, 

so that we might live through Him.…

1 John 4:7-9