Constant Tender Love

Your tender love, Father, is constant,
Even when I am unaware that it is there,
When I am far away,
When I cannot see,
 When I am gloating in my own strength...

You love me with that constant tender love,
Way before I even know I need You, or want You.
Your constant tender love draws me
To see my need, my lack, my inability
To obtain peace, strength or victory by myself.

Your constant tender love causes me to see a need for Help
A Father's Help..
A Father's Help that accepts me.
Your constant tender love hears my cry for help even before I utter the words.

Your constant tender love continues to love,
Continues to rescue,
Continues to open the eyes of my heart to discover,
That beautiful broad place of sins forgiven,
That beautiful broad place of restored fellowship,
That beautiful broad place of discovering that I am the righteousness of Christ.

That constant tender love removes all the old labels.
It gives me a new label,
   "the beloved,"
   "the righteous one,"
   "the chosen, holy and anointed one,"
   "the light of the world,"
   "the more than a conqueror."

Yes, Your constant tender love continues...
As You fight for me,
As You defend me,
As You wrap Your faithfulness and favor around me,

Your constant tender love is my true strength,
It is my weapon,
It is my glory song,
It is my hope for tomorrow,
It is my pathway to Your presence and Your goodness.
Yes, Your constant tender love is everything to me,
It lasts forever...through all times...through all circumstances...

Constant...Tender...Love...Forever!!!