Can Christ love one like me?',

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"To grasp how wide and long and high and deep 
is the love of Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge." Ephesians 3:17-19

You may wonder sometimes—and it is a wonder that 
will fill heaven itself with anthems of eternal praise—
how such a glorious Jesus can ever look down from 
heaven upon such crawling reptiles, on such worms 
of earth—what is more, upon such sinners who have 
provoked Him over and over again by their misdeeds. 
Yes, how this exalted Christ, in the height of His glory, 
can look down from heaven on such poor, miserable, 
wretched creatures as we—this is the mystery that 
fills angels with astonishment!

We feel we are such crawling reptiles—such undeserving 
creatures—and are so utterly unworthy of the least notice 
from Him, that we say, "Can Christ love one like me? 
Can the glorious Son of God cast an eye of pity and 
compassion, love and tenderness upon one like me—who 
can scarcely at times bear with myself—who sees and 
feels myself one of the vilest of the vile, and the worst 
of the worst? O, what must I be in the sight of the 
glorious Son of God?" 

And yet, He says, "I have loved you with an everlasting 
love." His love has breadths, and lengths, and depths, 
and heights unknown!

Its breadth exceeds all human span; 
its length out-vies all creature line; 
its depth surpasses all finite measurement; 
its height excels even angelic computation!

Because His love is . . .
so wondrous,
so deep,
so long,
so broad,
so high;
it is so suitable to our every want and woe.

"To grasp how wide and long and high and deep 
is the love of Christ, and to know this love that
surpasses knowledge." Ephesians 3:17-19

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