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AMAZING LOVE

Amazing love that takes my futile failings,

And crowns them with a power of its own,

That looks not at the end, but at my tryings;

Amazing love to whom I’m fully known.

Amazing God, beyond my comprehending,

Accepting, loving me more than myself;

Amazing love that stretches, never ending;

And makes me rich beyond mere worldly wealth.

My awesome God, how can I dare to claim Thee,

How can I call Thee mine and not feel shame,

I can because I know Thou first has loved me,

And gave Thy Son, that I might bear His Name.

Such Power and such Might must overawe me,

And send me trembling, humbly to my knees;

My very deepest thoughts, are known to Thee,

And I see not, the me my Saviour sees.

© 15-16/7/01