Lyrics
Verse 1
There's the wonder of sunset at evening,
The wonder as sunrise I see;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is the wonder that God loves me.
Chorus (Repeat x2)
O, the wonder of it all!
The wonder of it all!
Just to think that God loves me.
Verse 2
There's the wonder of springtime and harvest,
The sky, the stars, the sun;
But the wonder of wonders that thrills my soul
Is the wonder that's only begun.
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Meaning & Inspiration
"The Wonder of It All" opens by naming ordinary, visible wonders, sunset, sunrise, before setting all of them beside a single wonder named as greater than any natural beauty, simply that God loves the singer personally. That contrast, creation's grandeur measured against personal love, frames the entire hymn around intimacy valued above spectacle.
Its chorus repeats that same simple thought twice, reducing an entire theology of divine love down to one plain statement, just to think that God loves me. That deliberate simplicity gives the hymn's central claim an unguarded, almost childlike wonder rather than elaborate explanation.
Rooted in mid-twentieth-century gospel hymn tradition, the hymn functions as an extended comparison between creation's visible wonders and the invisible wonder of being loved by God, its closing verse naming that wonder as only begun, suggesting a love whose full extent remains still unfolding rather than already completely known.
Related Scripture
- 1 John 3:1 Describes the kind of love the Father has given, a wonder to behold, echoed in the hymn's central declaration of amazement at God's love.
- Psalm 19:1 Describes the heavens declaring God's glory, echoed in the hymn's references to sunset, sunrise, and stars as wonders.