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"O How the Grace of God Amazes Me" is a wonderful hymn written several decades ago by Emmanuel T. Sibomana, a pastor from the African country of Burundi. Our preaching pastor and his family adopted their son from that country. They were the ones who first introduced me to this wonderful hymn, which I eventually re-tuned for our church to sing. (In other words, I left the translated lyrics as-is but changed the music and melody entirely to make it work for our people and style.) We've loved singing it for a few years now.
The hymn traces the story of grace in the life of a believer, discovering and receiving the immense grace of God through faith, despite sin, and for his praise.
lyrics
O how the grace of God amazes me!
It loosed me from my bonds and set me free!
What made it happen so?
His own will, this much I know,
Set me, as now I show, at liberty.
Not for my righteousness, for I have none,
But for His mercy's sake, Jesus, God's Son,
Suffered on Calvary's tree;
Crucified with thieves was He;
Great was His grace to me, His wayward one.
And when I think of how, at Calvary,
He bore sin's penalty instead of me,
Amazed, I wonder why He,
The sinless One, should die
For one so vile as I; My Savior He!
Now all my heart's desire is to abide
In Him, my Savior dear, In Him to hide,
My shield and buckler He,
Cov'ring and protecting me;
From Satan's darts I'll be safe at His side.
Come now, the whole of me, eyes, ears, and voice.
Join me, creation all, with joyful noise:
Praise Him who broke the chain
Holding me in sin's domain
And set me free again! Sing and rejoice!
credits
released September 22, 2023
Music by GRAHAM JONES.
Lyrics by EMMANUEL T. SIBOMANA (translated by ROSEMARY GUILLEBAUD).
Drums and percussion by LOGAN BOWERS.
Harmony vocals by BETHANY JONES.
Recorded and produced by PAUL DEMER.
Mixed by SETH TALLEY.
Mastered by BOB BOYD.
Art by DANIEL DYE / RED YETI CREATIVE.
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