Such Love, Such Wondrous Love

Thursday morning, July 24, 2008
Each time I begin to consider the incredible gift that God has given to His elect, I am quickly overcome with thanksgiving. It is simply mind-boggling to me that the God of creation would go to such grace-filled extremes and give to the likes of you and me the gift of righteousness and of eternal life. To think, that He would take the extreme grace-filled actions necessary to mark our debt "paid in full" and set us free from its fetters, simply brings me to my knees in humble adoration. Such love, such wondrous love, that God could love a sinner such as I, how wonderful is love like this! I can't remember who wrote the song from which those lines came but here it is for your reading:

That God should love a sinner such as I,
Should yearn to change my sorrow into bliss,
Nor rest till He had planned to bring me nigh,
How wonderful is love like this!

That Christ should join so freely in the plan,
Although it meant His death on Calvary,
Was ever nobler theme sung by the tongue of man
Than love divine that ransomed me?

That for a willful outcast such as I,
The Father planned, the Savior bled and died;
Redemption for a worthless slave to buy,
Who long had law and grace defied.

And now He takes me to His heart—a son,
He asks me not to fill a servant's place;
The "Far-off country" wand'rings all are done,
Wide open are His arms of grace!

CHORUS:
Such love, such wondrous love,
Such love, such wondrous love,
That God should love a sinner such as I,
How wonderful is love like this!