Rising with soul enraptured far from the world below. Even the mention of the cross here is not a reference to the same cross that stood outside of center-city Jerusalem in A.D. 33, but a metaphor or allegory for one's own personal experience of intimacy with Jesus. It is actually the thing someone says when one does not really know. Many of the Gaither songs, in fact, are deeply Romantic in their orientation. Jesus seems to be conceived of exclusively as a friend and as someone who lives inside of us.
Individual experience is key.
One finds very little objective, redemptive, doctrinal content in their works and if that is true for the Gaithers, it is even a greater problem with the Maranatha Songbook and the Vineyard songbooks. Let us limit the discussion to the latter, although we could use a great deal of space on the Maranatha Songbook. Jesus love of my soul, nothing from you I with-hold. Lord I want to touch You. Your glory and Your love, Your glory and Your love, Your glory and Your love, and Your majesty.