Labour of Love

By Rhiannonw

Sun, 03 Sep 2017
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[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series]

Christ cherishes his church – what care,
and sacrificial, saving love;
with tenderness, he will prepare
his Bride for life in heaven above:
    Love’s mystery of shared delight,
    preserving yoke for progress right.

His church with trembling love, and awe,
are glad they have a powerful Head:
they pray, submit – his rule and law
are wise and good – they’re safely led:
    Love’s mystery of shared delight,
    preserving yoke for progress right.

The pattern for our families:
respect, and love, kind leadership,
perceptive help, desire to please,
support with rich companionship:
    Love’s mystery of shared delight,
    preserving yoke for progress right.

When anxious irritations grow,
and love, agreement drift, then pray
Christ’s precious love to better know,
forbearance, care show day by day:
    Love’s mystery of shared delight,
    preserving yoke for progress right.

Tune: 88 88 88 Stella (Tune of ‘Leave God to order all Thy ways)

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Submitted by hedgehog1 on

        Good morning Rhiannon from a windswept and wet Cardiff as another week slips by. Beautifully penned as always, you deserve more recognition for your weekly hymn as it is truly a labour of love.

Edward

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Edward. Very wet here too, in Herefordshire!

I think there is a trickle of interest regularly in the hymns, and more from time to time, and maybe some reading of them in later days by those who only visit occasionally. Rhiannon