God’s Sweet Jealousy

“I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,” scriptures relate;
      “Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” withstands my pate.
“I have loved you with an everlasting love,” comforts my heart;
      Knowing I am the apple of His eye sets me, for Himself, apart.

God’s sweet jealousy is my comfort, and my stay;
      His passionate possessiveness keeps me in sway.
Woe unto them that offend any of His little ones that believe in Him;
      Being drowned in the sea with a millstone would be better for them..


God’s sweet jealousy assures me, and gives me reason;
      His Tender Hand protects me in any season.
Even when I disappoint Him, and cause Him grief;
      He faithfully corrects and chastens, then soothes in relief.


“He...scourgeth every son whom He receiveth,” with loving correction;
      His stripes are faithful, and only for our protection.
Because we are His children and not orphans, His alone,
      He asserts His seal of ownership; we are His, and His alone.

Composed by Jim Newnam

Psalm 51:7
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.”

The six-pointed Star of David is the symbol of the hyssop blossom. I have adopted the Star of David as an emblem of God’s Goodness and Salvation.