Vast, Unmeasured, Boundless, Free

I was reading a chapter in The Knowledge of the Holy this morning about God being infinite and therefore limitless in every way. As I meditated on the thought that all of God's characteristics are unlimited, without end, boundless, etc, it just put me in awe of God. His love for me is boundless and free, his mercy is never limited by the vastness of my sin. These were the two hymns that came to mind...

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 Your love

Leading onward, leading homeward

To Your glorious rest above!

O the deep, deep love of Jesus!

Spread His praise from shore to shore,

How His love is never-ending,

And it changes nevermore;

How He watches o’er His loved ones,

Died to call them all His own;

How for them He’s interceding,

Watching o’er them from the throne.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus!

Love of ev’ry love the best:

‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing,

‘Tis a haven sweet of rest.

O the deep, deep love of Jesus!

‘Tis a heav’n of heav’ns to me;

And it lifts me up to glory,

With You evermore to be.

1. The love of Christ is rich and free;
Fixed on His own eternally;
Nor earth, nor hell, can it remove;
Long as He lives, His own He’ll love.

2. His loving heart engaged to be

Their everlasting Surety;

’Twas love that took their cause in hand,
And love maintains it to the end.

Chorus: Love cannot from its post withdraw;
Nor death, nor hell, nor sin, nor law,
Can turn the Surety’s heart away;
He’ll love His own to endless day.

3. Love has redeemed His sheep with blood;
And love will bring them safe to God;
Love calls them all from death to life;
And love will finish all their strife.

4. He loves through every changing scene,
Nor aught from Him can Zion wean;
Not all the wanderings of her heart
Can make His love for her depart.
(Repeat chorus)

5. At death, beyond the grave, He’ll love;
In endless bliss, His own shall prove
The blazing glory of that love
Which never could from them remove.