Peace with God

With the end of the semester quickly approaching, I have felt the rather pressing need to get some reading done. Some of this reading includes Romans: Verse-by-Verse by William R. Newell for Romans class (an excellent book, by the way!) I came across the following on the peace that the believer has through Christ, according to Romans 5:1.

"I hear the words of love,

I gaze upon the blood;

I see the mighty Sacrifice,

And I have peace with God.

'Tis everlasting peace,

Sure as Jehovah's name;

'Tis stable as His stedfast throne,

For evermore the same.

My love is oftimes low,

My joy still ebbs and flows;

But peace with Him remains the same,

No change Jehovah knows.

I change, He changes not,

God's Christ can never die;

His love, not mine, the resting-place,

His truth, not mine, the tie."

~Bonar

~taken from Romans: Verse by Verse, pp. 165-166