favorite hymn...

Below is, perhaps, my favorite hymn. I enjoy the depth of the lyrics and the message they reflect. If you hadn't noticed, the third verse became the title of my blog site. To explain the title and why I chose "trace the rainbow", it comes back to my obsession with history (kind of). When I look back on my life, I can see how God has brought me to where I am today. I think that is what the hymn is referring to: "I trace the rainbow through the rain". There certainly has been pain in my life (as with everyone else who has ever lived) ... but I've seen God work through this pain (the rain). Thus, I know that He is present in my life and all that I do...and therefore, I can have hope in His promises.

"O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in Thee;
I give Thee back the life I owe,
That in Thine ocean depths it's flow
May richer, fuller be.

O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to Thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in Thy sunshine's blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from Thee;
I lay in dust life's glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red,
Life that shall endless be."