One of My Favorites...

I have a lot of favorite songs, and this is currently towards the top of my list.  Thought I would share the lyrics, since I have been thinking about them a lot: (P.S. Mom, this is the song I was going to sing Sunday before we all got sick. =)

Thy Mercy, My God

Thy mercy, my God is the theme of my song,

The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue;

Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last,

Hath won my affections and bound my soul fast.

Without Thy sweet mercy I could not live here

Sin would reduce me to utter despair;

But, through Thy free goodness, my spirits revive,

And He that first made me still keeps me alive.

Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart,

Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart;

Dissolved by Thy goodness, I fall to the ground,

And weep for the praise of the mercy I've found.

Great Father of mercies, Thy goodness I own,

In the covenant love of Thy crucified Son;

All praise to the Spirit, Whose whisper divine

Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine.