Prone to Leave the God I Love

Going along with everyone else, the part in the book about us forgetting our first love really struck me. I haven't been able to put my finger on how I've been feeling since I've been home from the summer but to simply put it, I think I forgot who my first love was. In the midst of working on my grad school applications tonight, I came across the lyrics that I had saved from the song Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing. The following lines really resonated deeply:

Jesus sought me when a stranger,

Wandering from the fold of God;

He, to rescue me from danger,

Interposed His precious blood;

How His kindness yet pursues me

Mortal tongue can never tell,

Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me

I cannot proclaim it well.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
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;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

This has always been one of my favorite hymns, but often times when I sing it I don't pay much attention to the words. I probably should though, I'd learn a thing or two! The great thing about this song is that it reminds us that yeah, we screw up. We forget our first love. We wander like a little lost sheep. But God finds us and pulls us out of the mud and brings us back to Him no matter what. No matter how many times we forget our first love, He's still there and He will continue to whisper to us, "come back."