Tune:  Amazing Grace

The open ocean deep and wide
Depicts God´s endless grace,
And as I there my sins can hide,
I there them shall not trace.

Because my sins on Christ were laid,
They drowned deep in the sea,
Where fishing never can be made
By any foes nor me.

The ocean in the gospel sense
Shows forth its smiling face,
And as its waters are immense,
So is my Savior´s grace.

In me I see despair and gloom,
In Christ I see but light
That penetrates the darkest room
To make its hours bright.

I live by grace and grace alone,
In Christ I now rejoice,
With songs of praise before His throne
My soul lifts up its voice.

July 5, 2010

-jn-

(Written in a quiet moment at the quiet sea)