3. Long Ago, God Reached in Love
Long ago, God reached in love, sending Noah back a dove,
Promising a world made dry, with a rainbow in the sky.
Refrain:
God, you are faithful,
God, you are faithful,
God, you are faithful:
Your covenant is love!
Abraham and Sarah heard God’s surprising, joyful word:
God would give them land and more: children they had long hoped for.
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Ten Commandments were the way God called people to obey,
For God wanted us to see: In obeying, we are free.
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Jeremiah came to know: God would help us change and grow;
So God’s law would fill each heart, giving us a fresh, new start.
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Jesus came to show the way we can have new life today;
God fulfilled that loving plan, made for us when life began.
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| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Long ago, God reached in love |
| Title: | Long Ago, God Reached in Love |
| Author: | Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (1999) |
| Publication Date: | 1999 |
| Meter: | 7.7.7.7 with refrain |
| Scripture: | Genesis 8 - 9; Genesis 12; Exodus 20; Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 3:16-17 |
| Topic: | Covenant/Salvation History; Lent and Holy Week |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | God, you are faithful |
| Copyright: | Copyright © 1999 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | JESUS LOVES ME |
| Composer: | William Batchelder Bradbury (1861) |
| Meter: | 7.7.7.7 with refrain |
| Key: | D Major |
