Today's cross: A safety pin/bead craft cross from the
craft bazaar at Sierra Vista UMC - San Angelo, Texas.
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (son of Charles Wesley)
O LOVE divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart,
All taken up by thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming love,
The love of Christ to me!
Stronger His love than death or hell,
Its reaches are unsearchable;
The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,
The length, and breadth, and height.
God only knows the love of God;
O that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
This only portion, Lord, be mine!
Be mine this better part!
O that I could forever sit
With Mary at the Master’s feet!
Be this my happy choice;
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this
To hear the Bridegroom’s voice.
O that I could, with favored John,
Recline my weary head upon
The dear Redeemer’s breast:
From care, and sin, and sorrow free,
Give me, O Lord, to find in thee
My everlasting rest!
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