(AshWednesday): O Love, How Deep Ephesians 3:14–19 (everyone)
ThisAsh Wednesday, we introduce our Lent sermon series, which is based on theancient hymn “O Love, How Deep” (LSB 544). This hymn, written inthe fifteenth century, contemplates the love of God in becoming man, taking onour life, dying our death, and rising again, all for us. But for us tounderstand and appreciate this love, we must first examine ourselves and ourlives to see how we have failed in thought, word, and deed. While we may try toget credit for our so-called good works, we all still die with nothing to showfor them. But God’s love is not like our love. Our love is self-centered andfickle. God’s love is steady, deep, and beyond all understanding
(Ephesians3:14–19). This love of God will have no end.