Recently I was reminded of the song – “How Great Thou Art”. I love it. The imagery is clear and the music majestic. It always lifts my spirits when I hear it. The third and fourth verses are my favourites. Verse 3 humbles me, and verse 4 makes me imagine how wonderful Heaven will be when we are all singing praises to our Saviour. I love listening to hymns. Often when I’m feeling down I put a CD on and let the words lift me out of my slump. So, I hope these words will bless you as they do me.

How Great Thou Art

• Verse 1:

O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder

Consider all the works Thy hand hath made.

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,

Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Refrain:

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee;

How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee:

How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

• Verse 2:

When through the woods and 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:

(Repeat Refrain.)

• Verse 3:

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:

(Repeat Refrain.)

• Verse 4:

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!

(Repeat Refrain.)

copied from wikipedia.org

As a bonus, when I was reading through the article on Wikipedia. I came across a couple of additional verses written by another author. They are beautiful too so I’m including them here.

O when I see ungrateful man defiling
This bounteous earth, God’s gifts so good and great;
In foolish pride, God’s holy Name reviling,
And yet, in grace, His wrath and judgment wait.

When burdens press, and seem beyond endurance,
Bowed down with grief, to Him I lift my face;
And then in love He brings me sweet assurance:
‘My child! for thee sufficient is my grace’.

What is your favourite hymn?