What Wondrous Love

I Corinthians 13:4-7 4)Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5)It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. 6)Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7)It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Somebody told me that you should be able to insert your name into all of these. Hah, I'm in trouble. "Alice is patient....FAILED! Alice is kind....FAILED! Alice is does not envy....FAILED! Alice does not boast...FAILED! Alice is not proud...." Well, you get the point; I can't honestly insert my name into these verses and it be true. I may be these things some of the time, but most certainly not all the time. Come to think of it, I think it's safe to say that non of us are all of these all the time. That's what is so amazing about Jesus. You can not only put His name in all of these, but 100% of the time it is true. WOW! That would be hard. He was so perfect, and we threw Him up on the cross, and He still loved us. I was listening to the song What Wondrous Love is This and it really hit me how wondrous His love really is.


1. What wondrous love is this,
O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!

What wondrous love is this
that caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse
for my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul.

2. When I was sinking down,
sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down
beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown
for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.

3. To God and to the Lamb,
I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb I will sing.
To God and to the Lamb
Who is the great “I Am”;
While millions join the theme,
I will sing, I will sing;
While millions join the theme, I will sing.

4. And when from death I’m free,
I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free,
I’ll sing and joyful be,
And through eternity
I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
And through eternity I’ll sing on.

I love how the first verse talks about how the Lord sent down His only son, perfect as He can be to take on our sin. He was the bearer of this dreadful curse. Why? Well, I am guessing it's not because he hates us, but because He loves us. After this day, He holds no records of wrongs against us. How amazing is that! We mess up over and over, and He forgives us over and over.
Then in verse two He has laid down His crown for us. He laid down His crown. He has everything perfect on God's right hand, yet He humbled himself and came to live here on earth with us, just to grow up to be mocked and then killed. He saw that we needed His help. The only way that this could be taken care of was with a perfect sacrifice so He left His thrown above to be that perfect Lamb. Verse three tells us exactly what we oughtt o do. Sing praises to our God and King! He gave up everything for our sins! He is the perfect example of sacrificial love. He gave up everything, was patient with us, and still forgave our sins. Even though we were still sinning while He was on the cross, He went through with it. How could you not praise Him? The only way I could fathom not being able to praise Him is if He didn't conquer death, but He did. Verse four caries the songs of praise on because we have been promised eternal life through Him conquering death. It isn't even something that we have done yet we still reap all of the benefits! For the rest of eternity we will never really know death because He loves us and died for our sins conquering not only death but sin. I know that I am rambling on, but I just find it so amazing that the maker of the universe could possibly love somebody like me, somebody that is a perpetual mess-up. That really shows His patience!

Another thing that is so awesome is the way that He came to earth and the way He left. Most kings, you know them when you see them; not this one. He lived such a humble life. It's not like one day God told Him, "Son, I am letting you go to earth for a while so you can have fun and play with the other little humans running around down there. It will be a grand old time and I will give you so many riches so that you will never suffer." That would have been nice. Instead He left so much to come and have nothing so that He could grow up and then be killed in the most humiliating way possible. Something tells me that He wasn't doing this for himself, but for us. I am going to take a stab at this and say that He wanted us to know what a loving God He really is and to show us just how far He would go to save His precious children. I know I have fallen in love with Him for this, I pray that this is attractive to you too.