“There’s a Wideness (Songs from Morning Prayer July 2024)” by Ben Ward. Released: 2024.
Frederick Faber, Ben Ward
There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
like the wideness of the sea
there’s a kindness in God’s justice
which is more than liberty
There is welcome for the sinner
and more graces for the good
There is mercy with the Savior
there is healing in his blood
How wide, how high
How vast, everlasting, enough
We’ll never reach the border
Expanding like the universe
It’s the heart of holy order
Mercy, kindness, overwhelming love
For the love of God is broader
than the measure of our mind
and the heart of the Eternal
is most wonderfully kind
If our love were but more simple
we should rest upon God’s word
and our lives would be illumined
by the presence of our Lord