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George Matheson sat alone on his sister's wedding night, a blind pastor abandoned years earlier by his fiancée who couldn't bear life with a blind man. In just five minutes, from this place of profound heartache, he penned one of the greatest hymns of surrender and God’s faithfulness: "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go."

This episode takes you on a journey through each verse of this extraordinary hymn, revealing how Matheson transformed personal tragedy into a theological masterpiece. We explore the paradoxical nature of Christian surrender – how giving up control leads not to loss but to gaining something far greater. When we surrender our lives, we receive them back "richer, fuller." When we yield our "flickering torch," we gain access to God's "sunshine blaze." Even in our deepest pain, we can "trace the rainbow through the rain."

What are you holding that needs to be laid down? Where have you been trying to maintain control? Join us as we explore how surrender becomes the pathway to seeing and receiving God's unfailing love that will not let us go.

SHOW NOTES:

“O Love That Will Not Let Me Go” from Indelible Grace: The Hymn Sing, Live in Nashville (feat. Sandra McCracken)

Indelible Grace: The Hymn Sing, Live in Nashville is double-disc live album from the Indelible Grace Hymn Sing at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, June 30th, 2010. Check out the full album here.

Indelible Grace Hymnbook with various worship resources is available for free here.

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All songs used by permission.