My God, How Great Thou Art

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the works Thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.


Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!


When through the woods, the forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees,
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze...


Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!


And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin...


Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!


When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, my God how great Thou art!




This last couple of weeks I've been floored by the beauty surrounding where I live. I have to tell Dan to pull over while we're driving to school so that I can take pictures. I have to tell Dan to pull over while we're driving home from school so that I can take pictures. These pictures are a terrible rendition of what it is that I saw with my eyes. I couldn't help thinking of this great song and how true it is. Imagine the beauty that our eyes will see when Christ breaks into our world on that final day and like lightning in the east is seen even in the west, announce His glorious presence to the Earth. Then we in all our pitifullness will fall on our faces humbled beyond imagination to proclaim, "MY GOD HOW GREAT THOU ART!!!"