Daily Prescriptions

October 4, 2026

I’m thinking of a precious old hymn. First, let me share a couple of wonderful Scripture verses with you today. “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39). Think about it! As children of the Lord through personal trust in Christ’s work of salvation, every believer may rest in assurance and praise that nothing can separate him or her from the Father’s love. Nothing! There is an older hymn in most hymnals. Perhaps you haven’t heard it sung in years. I’m thinking of “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go!” It was written by George Matheson (1842-1906). In fact, he stated that the lyrics came to him in just moments. Pam McAllister shares that Matheson was 19 years old when he rapidly began to lose his sight. She writes, “The doctors said there was no cure. Turning for comfort to his sweetheart, he was stunned when she fled. She couldn’t be the wife of a blind man, she said. Twenty years later, on the eve of his sister’s wedding, the shock of rejection resurfaced. By now, Matheson, the blind preacher, was beginning to amass attention for his scholarly writing and inspiring sermons, but all the success in the world could not cure his broken heart. Alone in the parsonage that night, 40-year-old Matheson succumbed to the most severe mental suffering. That is when he composed the words of the hymn, “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go.” The first line goes, “O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee. I give Thee back the life I owe, that in Thine ocean depths its flow, may richer fuller be.” For today: How will the Father’s unending, unfailing love impact your life today?