Father, How Sweet

I'm addicted to this song right now...

VERSE 1 

Father, how sweet must be the pleasure 

You find in Your eternal Son 

For long before You made the heavens 

Both You and He rejoiced as one 

And long before You formed the angels 

Before You made the day and night 

Jesus exulted in Your presence 

And He was all of Your delight 

VERSE 2 

Father, what love You’ve shown to rebels 

That You would send Your Son so dear 

Into this world of grief and trouble 

To bring unworthy sinners near 

We’ll never fathom how it pained You 

When You supplied the offering 

To rescue those who had disdained You 

To watch Your dear Son suffering 

VERSE 3 

Jesus, it fills our hearts with wonder 

That You would leave Your heavenly place 

To take on flesh to thirst and hunger 

To save the ones who spurned Your grace 

You came to forfeit every mercy 

To die that mercy we would find 

And then You hung alone in darkness 

So in our hearts Your grace would shine 

VERSE 4 

Jesus, in glory You’ve ascended 

Never again to leave Your throne 

Because of You we are befriended 

Received and welcomed as God’s own 

Father, how sweet now is Your pleasure 

In us, Your daughters and Your sons 

We will delight in You forever 

In Jesus You have made us one 

Credits: 

Music and words by Mark Altrogge 

© 2012 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI)

          ~Father, How Sweet, From Age to Age (Sovereign Grace Music) 

This album came out in the spring. I don't personally like some of the tracks because they're hymns with altered music (there's probably a much more accurate way to say that, but I have no idea what it is). I loved learning hymns when I started going to New Covenant Christian School. I love the depth, richness of the lyrics, but I also like the arrangement of the music. So, I'm not of big fan of rearranging the music. Also, I just have an issue with altering things from their original state, whether that be fairy tales or music or really anything else. I think this stems from living for and by an eternally stable and unchanging standard. However, I've been learning about the inevitability of change and the potential beauty of artistic representation, but I'll save that for another post. Anyway, there are also a few tracks from this album that I love (From Age to Age, Immovable Our Hope Remains*, Father How Sweet). 

*I've never heard the original version of this hymn, but I'm guessing I would probably like it better :)