[Intro]
O Love of God, beyond all thought,
No human mind has ever caught
The breadth, the depth, the secret flame
That burns forever in Your Name.
[Verse 1]
You know us, Lord, as none beside;
The wounds we bear, the things we hide,
The roads we wandered far from Thee,
The long years of our poverty.
[Pre-Chorus]
Before a word is on the tongue,
Before a song is ever sung,
Before a tear begins to fall,
Your mercy has encompassed all.
[Chorus]
Yet knowing all, You love us still;
No darkness overcomes Your will.
You see the whole of what we are,
Yet call us nearer, not afar.
[Verse 2]
And seeing all that we have been,
Our faithlessness, our pride, our sin,
You do not name us by our shame,
But by the sweetness of Your claim.
[Bridge]
Beloved, still, Your voice declares;
Beloved, held within Your cares;
Beloved, though dust and ashes be
All that we bring, O Lord, to Thee.
[Chorus]
Therefore may we abide and rest
Upon the ocean of Your breast,
Lost in the depths no measure knows,
Where silent love forever flows.
[Outro]
Beloved, always near, forever near,
In Your embrace we learn to rest.
