Monday Meditation: Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me

 

 

"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing
it its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall." 
(Malachi 4:2)

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Jesus, Thy boundless love to me,

no thought can reach, no tongue declare; 

O knit my thankful heart to Thee,

and reign without a rival there.

Thine wholly, Thine alone, I am;

be Thou my Rod and Staff and Guide. 

O grant that nothing in my soul

may dwell, but Thy pure love alone!

O may Thy love possess my whole,

my Joy, my Treasure, and my Crown.

All coldness from my heart remove;

my every act, word, thought, be love. 

O Love, how cheering is thy ray!

All pain before Thy presence flies;

care, anguish, sorrow, melt away,

where'er Thy healing beams arise.

O Jesus, nothing may I see,

nothing desire or seek but Thee.

 

This love unwearied I pursue

and dauntlessly to Thee aspire.

O may Thy love my hope renew,

burn in my soul like heav'nly fire.

And day and night, be all my care

to guard this sacred treasure there. 

 

"Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me"
(1653)
Paulus Gerhardt
(1607-1676)
German theologian, Lutheran preacher,
and hymn writer