How Great Thou Art

I absolutely love storms. I can think of no place in general revelation where God's power is more evident. If He is the Creator of that brilliant lightning, that deafening thunder, how much greater He Himself must be!
This afternoon, after sitting on the porch, as usual, to observe an amazing thunderstorm, I was awed anew at my God. As I watched the lightning strike, heard the bellowing thunder, and felt the incredibly forceful wind, the only words that bordered on conveying my thoughts are the following. God's greatness is indeed evident in the first verse, but His display of greatness in the second verse overshadows that of even my thunderstorm.

O Lord my God! when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made,
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed:

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:

Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee:
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!
Then sings my soul! my Savior God, to Thee:
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!

Words by Stuart K Hine