Easter Hymns (Part 2) - Ryan

Ryan Baitzel Mar 17, 2008

This week... I am trying to reflect on some of the great hymns, as I prepare my heart for Easter... Feel free to join me this week in this discipline as I update my blog all week with the great hymns.

HOW DEEP THE FATHER'S LOVE FOR US

HOW VAST BEYOND ALL MEASURE

THAT HE SHOULD GIVE HIS ONLY SON

TO MAKE A WRETCH HIS TREASURE

HOW GREAT THE PAIN OF SEARING LOSS

THE FATHER TURNS HIS FACE AWAY

AS WOUNDS WHICH MAR THE CHOSEN ONE

BRING ANY SONS TO GLORY

BEHOLD THE MAN UPON A CROSS

MY SIN UPON HIS SHOULDERS

ASHAMED I HERE MY MOCKING VOICE

CALL OUT AMONG THE SCOFFERS

IT WAS MY SIN THAT HELD HIM THERE

UNTIL IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED

HIS DYING BREATH HAS BROUGHT ME LIFE

I KNOW THAT IT IS FINISHED

I WILL NOT BOAST IN ANYTHING

NO GIFTS, NO POWER, NO WISDOM

BUT I WILL BOAST IN JESUS CHRIST

HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION

WHY SHOULD I GAIN FROM HIS REWARD

I CANNOT GIVE AN ANSWER

BUT THIS I KNOW WITH ALL MY HEART

HIS WOUNDS HAVE PAID MY RANSOM

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Anonymous on Mar 23, 2008 10:05pm

Gosh, this hymn is so deep, so vivid, and so true. I was truly moved by reading it. If we could actually remember this more often, I think we'd understand and appreciate God's grace and love for us daily. Powerful Hymn, thanks for posting it.