Love For Christ Runs Deeper Still

Dear Little ONe, so precious and tiny in the womb.

We saw your heart beat today, and joy filled the room.

Even though I’ve yet to know who you are and what you’ll be,

I love you with a father’s love. You are a gift from God to me.

As years go by and you grow up, you’ll find my love to be so real.

For my love for you runs Oh so deep,

But love for Christ runs deeper still.

Dear Haddon, Daddy’s Little Buddy, so glad you are my son.

It is my earnest desire for you, the Christian race to run.

No matter what we do together, for me it’s always sheer delight.

The time we share in play or prayer, I cherish with all my might.

Through talks and hugs, through tears and joy, you’ll see my love is real.

My love for you, little buddy, runs Oh so deep,

But love for Christ runs deeper still.

Dear Talitha, Daddy’s Little Girl, my joy from the very start.

If I could have my greatest wish for you, love God with all your heart.

Playing Princess, Barbie, and dress-up became part of my day

Because that’s what you loved to do, that’s how you loved to play.

As you grow, you’ll always know, my love is sure and real.

For my love for you, princess, runs Oh so deep,

But love for Christ runs deeper still.

Dear Summer, my Bride, companion for life,

I bless the Lord in heaven above that you are my covenant wife.

Although we’ve known our struggles where one has come from two,

The joy and fullness of life spent together has been so rich with you.

Till death do us part is just one way I’ll prove my love is strong as steel.

For my love for you, dear wife, runs Oh so deep,

But love for Christ runs deeper still.

I hope you know, dear family, my heart is fuller than my pen.

It is beyond my mind and strength to convey the feelings within.

With great plea and sincere prayer, I trust that you will see,

Loving you in this way is as close and dear as ever could be.

Resist the thought that loving Christ more means loving you less.

To love christ above all else is to love you in the way that is best.

If God is true love, has raised us with Christ, and in Christ set us apart,

Then the beginning of true love toward one another is loving Him with all our hearts.

Holding Christ closer means holding you firm with bonds eternally real.

My love for you runs Oh so deep,

Because my love for Christ runs deeper still.

Matthew 10:37

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 22:37-39

You shall love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

© Wil Owens