There's a wideness in God's mercy

I cannot find in my own

And He keeps His fire burning

To melt this heart of stone

Keeps me aching with a yearning

Keeps me glad to have been caught

In the reckless raging fury

That they call the love of God



Now I've seen no band of angels

But I've heard the soldiers' songs

Love hangs over them like a banner

Love within them leads them on

To the battle on the journey

And it's never gonna stop

Ever widening their mercies

And the fury of His love



Oh the love of God

And oh, the love of God

The love of God



Joy and sorrow are this ocean

And in their every ebb and flow

Now the Lord a door has opened

That all Hell could never close

Here I'm tested and made worthy

Tossed about but lifted up

In the reckless raging fury

That they call the love of God