Rick Lee JamesHealthcare Chaplain, Bon Secours Mercy Health · Husband, Dad, Hospital Chaplain, Recording Artist, Podcast Host, Loyola University IPS Graduate, Alpha Sigma Nu Member, and Recording Academy (GRAMMY®) member - Contributing musician on a Grammy-nomin

The Love of God

6 Sept 2014 · 4 min

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The video presents a lyrical hymn titled “The Love of God,” performed as a solo vocal piece. The lyrics poetically describe the boundless, pure, and enduring love of God, referencing biblical themes such as God giving His Son, redemption of humanity, and the everlasting nature of divine love that outlasts time, earth, and creation. The song interweaves vivid metaphors—comparing the love of God to an endless scroll, the sky, and the sea—and includes a brief German line (“Ich hab noch Leben, nur in dir”). It is identified as a youth song for the Saints’ Anaim community, emphasizing worship, reverence, and the call to sing God’s love forever.

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— to do the pay. Bowed down with care, God gave his Son to the Lamb. His erring child he reconciled and pardoned from his sins. Oh, the love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It's sharper Forevermore endure the saints' and angels' song. When years of time shall pass away, when earth and sky and kingdoms fall, when naked waves refuse to break on rocks and hills and mountains tall, God's love so sure shall still endure, unmeasuredly and strong. Redeeming grace to Adam's race, the saints and angels song. Of the love of God, unrich and pure, unmeasuredly and strong. Ich hab noch Leben, nur in dir. The Saints' Anaim Youth Song. Of parchment made, where every star on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade. To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry, nor could the scroll contain the whole, the stretch from sky to sea. Blue sky. The love of God, how rich and pure, how measureless and strong. It shall forevermore endure, the saints and angels song.