For some wonderful reason, probably because I’m thinking of our son who is in Florence with the youth choir singing this – this tune is playing in my heart this morning. So good to start the week thinking of how we love because he first loved us. I encourage you to read and pray these lyrics as you listen to the lovely rendering by Red Mountain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0dAOR2ljk8&feature=youtube_gdata_playerMy Jesus, I love Thee, I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I love Thee because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary’s tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death,
And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath;
And say when the death dew lies cold on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glittering crown on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ’tis now.
