The Deep, constant, flowing Love!

"O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus vast unmeasured boundless Free"


The sound of the ocean tide that roars and breaks on the shore is one of my favourite.  It's wild, never the same, some waves are huge while others are small, but it always does the same thing...crashes on the shore and gentle flows up the shore and back down.

As I was sitting on the shore watching the tide, I couldn't stop thinking about of the Love of Jesus that is constant, always around me, vast, unmeasured, boundless, and free...I love watching the waves begin...they start out small and gradually grow and then it crashes on the shore, gently covering the sand and then it is pulled away and starts all over again. 

 I looked at those waves and saw my sin...my sin that starts small and then it grows, then when I seek forgiveness, Christ forgives me and my sin is washed clean and He covers me with His gentle love, and I begin again.. seeing my sin...repenting...and being forgiven.  He draws me to my knees. The more I draw to him and seek him, the more beautiful He is.  He is faithful, constant and His love never ceases. 

One day I decided to try surfing...let's just say if I was near a beach all the time, it may be a sport I take up, as it was a lot of fun and challenging...when I caught the wave and rode on the wave, it was amazing and gentle, like a really good day=, but the moment I didn't get up in time, the wave crashed over me or I fell, I was reminded that there are bumps in the road, difficulties that will make me stronger, but just because there is a bump, doesn't mean I have to give up...I have to keep trying.
 I have to keep pressing on.  

Some waves are bigger than others and harder to conquer...and with any wave I meet, I need to invite Jesus to come with me, to walk through it with me, because I can't do it on my own.   We live in a world of sin, and when my sin crashes over me, I have to work through it, seeking repentance and accepting forgiveness,  knowing full well that the Love of Jesus is right there, always constant just like the ocean tide.  

Walking along the shore, "Oh the Deep Deep Love of Jesus," came to my mind.  A beautiful reminder of the Love of Jesus. 


O the Deep Deep Love of Jesus
Words by S. Trevor Francis

O 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 Thy love
Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above!


O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore!
How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore!
How He watches o’er His loved ones, died to call them all His own;
How for them He intercedeth, watcheth o’er them from the throne!


O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best!
’Tis an ocean full of blessing, ’tis a haven giving rest!
O the deep, deep love of Jesus, ’tis a heaven of heavens to me;
And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!

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