Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

This is how God showed His love among us,

He sent His one and only Son into the world

That we might live through Him.

1 John 4:9 

Number 3 on my all-time favorite hymns list is Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. One of more than 6500 hymns written by Charles Wesley, it was created in 1747.  Charles did not need events or certain times to inspire him to write – he was always writing hymn texts.  

Once when he was out riding in the countryside, he entered a friend’s home crying, “Pen and ink!  Pen and ink!”  When the requested items were provided, Wesley wrote out the hymn that he had been composing in his mind during his ride.  

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling is a jubilant anthem of praise for the all-encompassing love of God that pours over us, today and every day.

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us,

That we should be called children of God! 

And that is what we are!

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue,

But with actions and in truth.

1 John 3:1,18