Deep and wide, deep and wide there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.
Deep and wide, deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.
As Sunday School songs go, this was never my favorite. We would stand in front of our chairs while Bonita, played it on the old upright piano. Taking our little hands we would mark out the deep and then the wide and smile. I don’t think I really knew, at age 7 ,what the fountain was or what was flowing so wide and deep inside it.
In the 1980’s I sang, Love is a Battlefield, with sky high over permed hair while wearing my favorite pink florescent shirt and acid washed jeans. It certainly felt true at 16, when I wasn’t pretty enough or popular enough to have a class ring wrapped in yarn around my finger.
Today I read these words…
And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. (Ephesians 3:18,19 New Living Translation).
I smile, because now I know what is flowing deep and wide in the fountain. Does He really love me like that? Me with all my quirks and missteps? Does His love really flow for me?
Suddenly, I’m standing on the beach watching my girls dive into the water. They are overwhelmed by the waves and giggling and mermaids and I am smitten with them. And He leans in close and says, “Yes, I love you like that. Like children playing in the ocean deep, like waves that keep coming and coming and coming – my love for you is too big, too fantastic for you to even begin to understand. But you can dive deep, you can play in the waves, and you can believe it.”
And I remember another Sunday School Song…
I’ve got love like an ocean, I’ve got love like an ocean, I’ve got love like an ocean in my soul…
Maybe I’ll teach it to my little mermaids today.
Care to sing along?
You are loved like an ocean.
Do you know it?
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I was just singing that song to my girls the other day….i’ve got love like the ocean!!! Soaking up all your words…and HIS, too!!! 🙂
Did you do the motions, too? 🙂
Oh how vast and how wide is His love for us! So hard to comprehend. I simply have to believe!
His love is unfathomable! I still stand amazed by the fact He loves me so deeply and fully. I’m loving your 31 day series, Stacey! Each day is something I needed from Him! Thank you.
Looking forward to meeting in “real life” at Relevant!
Thank you Stefanie so much for stopping by and your sweet words. I am humbled that you are here and oh so glad that God is speaking into your heart! So excited for the month to end for us at Relevant! It is going to be great and I am looking forward to meeting you as well!
Although our human minds may never fully understand how deep and wide His love is, it is so true that His love is right there ready for our receiving.
I love the part, Stacey, where you say “…and He leans in close and says…”
Oh, how I can see Him doing that, leaning right in – as if to whisper in our ear.
Thank you for these words today!
🙂 He does that often to make sure I am listening! My goal, lately is that I will be the one leaning in to hear Him first!
Have a blessed day today Cami! May love be your song, today!
I didn’t grow up in a Christian home, so I missed the joy of learning these wonderful songs. But God has taught my momma heart their deep meaning as I’ve raised my own children in His Word. Deep and wide is an all time favorite in our home!
LOVE this post. Beautiful.
Oh Jamie they are for you! Keep reading…tomorrow and Friday especially! Praying for you right now!