The Measureless Love of God (EP06)

Thank you for listening this week as we explored "The Love of God" by Frederick M. Lehman. As one of the greatest lyrical songs of all it truly is worthy of digging into and seeing how it came to be. Lehman's use of poetry and language is remarkable and paints such an amazing picture as you listen to it's words sung.

In this episode I also get to sit down and discuss this musical treasure with my brother, Matt Peavyhouse...

It was great getting to just talk through this with him. He had some great insights into the hymn and how these words keep pointing us toward the Gospel.

Below you will find a few extra versions of this song. With amazing words like these it should be no surprise that this song has been done and redone multiple times by multiple individuals, bands, choirs, etc. 

Also, at the beginning of the episode I give a quote from Frederick Buechner. He is another one of those writers who has a gift for his use of language and how he paints a picture in your head. I came across this quote from his book Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairytale that I use every year in each of my Bible classes: 

"It is a world of magic and mystery, of deep darkness and flickering starlight. It is a world where terrible things happen and wonderful things too. It is a world where goodness is pitted against evil, love against hate, order against chaos, in a great struggle where often it is hard to be sure who belongs to which side because appearances are endlessly deceptive. Yet for all its confusion and wildness, it is a world where the battle goes ultimately to the good, who live happily ever after, and where in the long run everybody, good and evil alike, becomes known by his true name...That is the fairy tale of the Gospel with, of course, one crucial difference from all other fairytales, which is that the claim made for it is that it is true, that it not only happened once upon a time but has kept on happening ever since and is happening still." 

What makes the story of God's redeeming love so amazing and so compelling is that it's not just a story. It is actual true. And his love is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The love of God is beyond measure, it is vast, and it is pure, and there is nothing that can separate us from the love we have in Christ Jesus of Lord. Have a great week!