Your Steadfast Love
Your steadfast love will never end.
Not a fleeting affection,changed by circumstance or day,
But the bedrock of the cosmos,the everlasting way.
It is the cord that binds the stars within their course on high,
And the whisper in the darkness that will not pass me by.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalm 136:1)
Higher than my highest thought, it is a boundless sea.
Deeper than my deepest failure,it yet reaches out for me.
It outlasts every rebellion,out-prays my weak despair—
An eternal,fixed horizon, an everlasting prayer.
This is the love that chose a people, bore them on eagle’s wings,
The patient,covenant-keeping heart from which all mercy springs.
It is the fountain of the grace that meets me every morn,
The love for which the Christ was crucified,and crowned with thorn.
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. (Jeremiah 31:3)
No power in all creation, no depth, no height, no fear,
Can make it falter,diminish, or disappear.
It is the final word over every chapter of my story,
My unshakable foundation,my undeserved glory.
So let my life be an echo of this endless, faithful song,
A testament that this love alone makes the weak heart strong.
From this moment through the ages,when time itself shall cease,
I will rest within the wonder of Your love that never ends—my peace.
Your steadfast love endures forever.
It will never end.
Amen.
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