I get to sing it

My friend Emily told her beautiful birth story on her blog - she introduced me there to my other favorite song. And I get to sing it at church soon. I'm terrified. What an honor to praise Him with a song that is threaded through your heart that it makes you weep as you drive, weep as you tuck in your sweet Ruby, weep in the shower (these are the singing times!). I won't sound anything like the heavenly choir that sings it with me in my head. But I hope it blesses somebody and draws them to Him deeply.

Oh the Deep, Deep Love (click here for youtube version)
1. Oh 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 Your love
Leading onward, leading homeward, To Your glorious rest above

Chorus
Oh the deep, deep love, All I need and trust, Is the deep, deep love of Jesus

2. Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus, Spread His praise from shore to shore
How He came to pay our ransom Through the saving cross He bore
How He watches o’er His loved ones, Those He died to make His own
How for them He’s interceding, Pleading now before the throne

3. Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus, Far surpassing all the rest
It’s an ocean full of blessing In the midst of every test
Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus, Mighty Savior, precious Friend
You will bring us home to glory Where Your love will never end

Original Words by Samuel Trevor Francis (1834-1925). Music, chorus, and alternate words by Bob Kauflin. © 2008 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI). Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Ministries. From Come Weary Saints. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.