Thanksgiving: Day Two

Today I'm thankful for being able to sleep in. I teach spinning at 8:00 AM on Saturdays and every other day of the week, I'm at work no later than 8:00 AM. So all week I have been looking forward to Sunday morning...especially since we got an extra hour.

Also, today at church we sang this old hymn which was really powerful. Apparently, the first two verses were written by Frederick Lehman and, according to our pastor, the third verse is based on a Jewish poem. This third verse was not added until it was found sketched in the wall of an insane asylum. Here is a website for a more detailed history of the song. http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/o/loveofgo.htm

The love of God is greater farThan tongue or pen can ever tell;It goes beyond the highest star,And reaches to the lowest hell;The guilty pair, bowed down with care,God gave His Son to win;His erring child He reconciled,And pardoned from his sin.
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O love of God, how rich and pure!How measureless and strong!It shall forevermore endureThe saints’ and angels’ song.
When years of time shall pass away,And earthly thrones and kingdoms fall,When men, who here refuse to pray,On rocks and hills and mountains call,God’s love so sure, shall still endure,All measureless and strong;Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—The saints’ and angels’ song.
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Could we with ink the ocean fill,And were the skies of parchment made,Were every stalk on earth a quill,And every man a scribe by trade,To write the love of God above,Would drain the ocean dry.Nor could the scroll contain the whole,Though stretched from sky to sky.
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