There are some hymns, new or old, that just stick with you. I can read a word and a song will start playing in my head. This is when I’m glad I have my own office because I can sing as loud as I want and no one will ever know the difference.
This is the one I started singing today. Thankful for the Sojourn Church where we sang this often during my time there. I first was introduced to this song back in the day by Caedmon’s Call. Sandra McCracken (wife of then CC singer, Derek Webb sings it mostly now). You can watch a video of her singing it here (remind me I need to get this CD)
1. Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song,
The joy of my heart. and the boast of my tongue;
Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last,
Hath won my affections, and bound my soul fast.
2. Without Thy sweet mercy I could not live here;
Sin would reduce me to utter despair;
But, through Thy free goodness, my spirits revive,
And He that first made mestill keeps me alive.
3. Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart,
Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart;
Dissolved by Thy goodness, I fall to the ground,
And weep to the praise of the mercy I’ve found.
4. Great Father of mercies, Thy goodness I own,
And thecovenant love of Thy crucified Son;
All praise to the Spirit, Whose whisper divine
Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine.
All praise to the Spirit, Whose whisper divine
Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine.
©2001 Same Old Dress Music (ASCAP).
