Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
The poem is a feeble explanation of God’s immeasurable love. I cannot fully comprehend the height and depth and width of God’s love. My
words cannot express the depth of God’s love. His word tells us: “but God shows his love
for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” This
brings us to a kind of speechlessness as we gaze upon our heavenly treasure.
His pure holy words to us reveal to us the grace he has given to us through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Sometimes our poor lisping lips utter praise and sometimes
we are brought to silence as our hearts bow to our Maker in adoration.
Sometimes in our fallenness, we forget to look at him. And even in our best
moments, our view of him is clouded with our sin. By the riches of his glory,
may he grant us hearts and lips confess that he is Lord to the glory of God our
Father. In his strength, may we look forward to the day when faith will be
sight and all the clouds of sin will be removed from our eyes as we gaze upon
the Son. May the prayer of Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit be in our hearts.
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen Ephesians 3:14-21
What is
love?
A baby pure
and holy
In a cruel
manger
The Son of
God
Born to
sinful flesh
A spotless
lamb
To bear our
curse
What is
love?
Our righteous
Savior
Fulfilled the
law
Loving God
and neighbor
Tempted and
scorned
A man of
sorrows
With joy set
before him
What is
love?
A naked man
on a cross
Bruised and
bloody
Thorns
crowning his holy head
The high
eternal One
Counted as
nothing by us
Drinking his
Father’s wrath
What is love?
Our precious Savior
Who uttered it is finished
Conquered death
Our debt is paid
We have no condemnation
We’re risen to new life
What is love?
Words can’t express
O LORD what love is this?
Father, Son, and Spirit
You gave your Son
You gave your life
You dwell within a worthless worm
Do I love?
Lord teach
me how
I’m cold and
weak
Crush the
trinkets
That glitter
in my sight
Your grace
anoints me
O the depths
of my treasure
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
God is love. 1 John 4:8b
