O Divine Lover!,.

Back to Christ's Comfort for Weary Pilgrims!

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("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!