An Amazing Valentine

by adustyframe ~ February 12th, 2009

Since I’ve been working on my Etsy shop, I joined a “street team” of homeschooling moms.

I was looking through some of their listings the other night and found this beautiful item. I contacted the owner and she graciously allowed me to borrow her photo. You can see some of Prairie Cottage Rose’s other items here.

Isn’t John 3:16 the most amazing Valentine we could ever receive?

The Love of God Frederick Lehman

The love of God is greater far

Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star,
And reaches to the lowest hell;
The guilty pair, bowed down with care,
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled,
And pardoned from his sin.
- Refrain:
  Oh, love of God, how rich and pure!
  How measureless and strong!
  It shall forevermore endure—
  The saints’ and angels’ song.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.