I adore Thee

I have been really touched/effected/moved by the words of Stainer's Crucifixion this week.

It has challenged and comforted in equal measure.

I cannot fully describe the feeling inside me as I listened to the hymn below on my Ipod this afternoon. I have highlighted the parts that speak particularly to me this Holy Week.

I Adore Thee, I adore Thee!

Glorious ere the world began;

Yet more wonderful Thou shinest,

Though divine, yet still divinest

In Thy dying love for man.

I Adore Thee, I adore Thee!

Thankful at Thy feet to be;

I have heard Thy accent thrilling,

Lo! I come, for Thou art willing

Me to pardon, even me.

I Adore Thee, I adore Thee!

Born of woman, yet Divine:

Stained with sins I kneel before Thee,
Sweetest Jesu, I implore Thee,

Make me ever only Thine.

"Me to pardon, even me." Thanks be to God for this and this alone. Amen