Nothing Compares to Your Love
A Reflection on Romans 8:38-39, Jeremiah 31:3, and Psalm 136:26
Nothing compares to Your love—not the brightest star that in the night sky burns,
Not all the wealth for which a grasping heart yearns.
Not the applause of crowds, not the quietest peace alone,
Can match the weight of glory that I have known.
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” (Jeremiah 31:3)
Your love is higher than the heavens, deeper than the sea.
It will not let me go, no matter where I flee.
It pursued me in the valley, it chased me up the hill,
And when I had no strength to run, it carried me, and still
It holds me, keeps me, never leaves me all alone.
Your love has made my heart Your home.
Nothing compares to Your love—not the treasures of the earth,
Not the fame, not the fortune, not the titles of new birth.
For these are fading shadows, they are like the morning mist,
But Your love is eternal, a love that cannot be dismissed.
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.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
So let the world offer its fleeting, glittering prize.
I’ll hold with joy the treasure right before my eyes.
For nothing in this life compares, no, not a single thing,
To the glorious, living love I have found in Christ my King.
Your love never fails. It never ends.
It is the anchor of my soul, my dearest, closest Friend.
Amen.
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