I Am His, And He Is Mine
I Am His, and He Is Mine
Loved with everlasting love,
Led by grace that love to know;
Spirit, breathing from above,
Thou hast taught me it is so!
Oh, this full and perfect peace!
Oh, this transport all divine!
In a love which cannot cease,
I am His, and He is mine.
Heav’n above is softer blue,
Earth around is sweeter green!
Something lives in ev’ry hue
Christless eyes have never seen:
Birds with gladder songs o’erflow
Flow’rs with deeper beauties shine,
Since I know, as now I know,
I am His, and He is mine.
Things that once were wild alarms
Cannot now disturb my rest;
Closed in everlasting arms,
Pillowed on the loving breast.
Oh, to lie forever here,
Doubt, and care, and self resign,
While He whispers in my ear—
I am His, and He is mine.
His forever, only His;
Who the Lord and me shall part?
Ah, with what a rest of bliss,
Christ can fill the loving heart!
Heav’n and earth may fade and flee,
First born light in gloom decline;
But while God and I shall be,
I am His, and He is mine.
DOES CHRIST make a difference here on earth? Does He change the earthly lives of those who love Him?
Yes! Life as a Christian is infinitely richer, more joyful, and more secure. Christians know the Creator, and that changes everything.
The sky is bluer, the grass greener, the birds cheerier, the flowers more beautiful. Why? At face value, we might compare this hymn to your standard love song—“everything seems better because you put me in a good mood.” And certainly there is a “romantic” element here; the key phrase is even borrowed from the Song of Songs. But there’s more to Robinson’s thesis than just a good mood. We can appreciate the blue sky and green grass even more because we recognize that these are gifts from the God who loves us. They are expressions of who He is, and we love Him with all our heart.
I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. . . . My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. . . . No one can snatch them away from me.
John 10:14-15, 27-28
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