Christmas - Faith

Deep and Time Honored Messages of Hope

In the past few months my husband and I have been worshipping on Sunday mornings with a church plant. We gather in a room of a nearby hotel. The musically talented members of our group lead the singing. Sometimes our singing is accompanied by keyboard, by violin or acapella.

We have sung some of the older hymns. Some are new to me. I don’t have a great voice but I enjoy participating, letting the words wash over me. It gives me peace to sing hymns that believers have lifted their voices to over many years.

Samuel Trevor Francis, an English pastor and hymn writer, gave us this hymn:

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Vast unmeasured, boundless, free
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me!
Underneath me, all around me,
Is the current of Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward
To thy glorious rest above!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth,
Changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches oer His loved ones,
Died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth,
Watcheth oer them from the throne!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Love of every love the best!
Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
Tis a haven of sweet rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus.
Tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory,
For it lifts me up to Thee!

We are entering the advent season with the opportunity to hear and sing Christmas carols. I am looking forward to going to Candlelight Carols at Moody Church tomorrow. Our niece is a student at Moody Bible Institute and will be playing in the orchestra.

The hymns and carols are a salve for our soul. Do you have a favorite hymn?

This post is participating in Five Minute Friday. The prompt is: DEEP

Carol is a follower of Jesus and a wife, mom & grandma. She worked for many years as a childbirth nurse and prenatal educator. She recently retired from clinical work. She has written articles for nursing journals and devotionals. Her novel, Aliisa's Letter, was published in 2010 and she is currently working on another project.

5 Comments on “Deep and Time Honored Messages of Hope

  1. My mind jumped to the same song with this weeks FMF prompt. As for picking a favorite hymn, the last time I tried I ended up with something like Amazing How Faithful Thou Art (which is a combo, you might have guessed). So much meat in the old hymns. Thanks for posting.

    1. We heard some newly composed Christmas songs at Candlelight Carols. It was great to see the talent of young people. Enjoy the season.

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