O Divine Lover!

Back to THE LOVE OF JESUS INDEX

---

(""http://www.gracegems.org/Meikle/solitude_sweetened.htm" Solitude Sweetened" by James Meikle)

"Christ died for the ungodly." (Romans 5:6)

Behold! the eternal Son of God loves . . .an ugly, deformed, miserable creature,
  a crawling worm,
  a condemned criminal,
  an insolvent debtor,
  a rebel against heaven,
  a daring sinner,
  a drudge to hell,
  a slave to lust, 
  a captive of Satan,
  a prisoner of the pit! 

This is love indeed!

How ardently, O Divine Lover! should my soul go out after You! I long for that glorious day, when I shall mourn Your absence no more--when, admitted into Your presence, I shall delight in all Your love, and feast on all Your charms, world without end!