The old hymn got it wrong.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 12:49PM
Jim Robbins in New Covenant, assumptions that shape us, heart, hymn myth, new heart, prone to wander
The old hymn got it wrong:
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love.
~ Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Because Christ has rescued your heart:
- Your heart is no longer prone to wander.
- God the Father doesn't wear 'Jesus glasses'.
- Your sin is no longer you.
- You do love God with all heart.
- There is no difference between the purity of Jesus' heart and yours now.
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