Oh, How He Loves Us

He is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane, I am a tree
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy
When all of a sudden I am unaware of these afflictions
Eclipsed by glory and I realize just how beautiful You are
And how great Your affections are for me

And oh, how He loves us, oh
Oh, how He loves us, how He loves us all

 Lately, my radio has been tuned into Christian music channels. I find myself just needing the positive affirmations and promises of enduring love and hope and fulfillment. Isn't that what we all want? Isn't that what we crave? To love and be loved in return, to know there is always hope and redemption and forgiveness?


I am not going to talk about what I believe to be true and what I don't. Not directly at least. I just feel so overwhelmed with His love for me, His child. I am imperfect, I am quick to make decisions, I am a sinner, even on my best days and yet... and still... and MORE....Oh, how he loves me. Day in and day out. Through and through. Even on my worst days. That's when I need it most. That's when we all do.

 And we are His portion and He is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes
If His grace is an ocean, we're all sinking

I truly do believe if we ask Him to guide our lives, He will, with the most tender care. I have learned-am still learning-to trust in Him and His will. I don't understand why things happen the way they do, but He does and I trust he will care for me even more than my own father. I trust that he sees the whole puzzle when I just have pieces. It is hard to trust without knowing what lies ahead but I just try my best to do it with the most grace and understanding I can. It is not always easy. It hurts sometimes, but He heals. He gives peace and warmth and joy and understanding...in time, of course, but it does come.

Some songs come on and I just have to sit and be still. I just have to soak it all in and try to comprehend how MUCH He loves us, and how everlasting that love is and I can't even fathom. I, as a human, will probably never know the love He knows for me, but I can love Him with all of my might because He is a wonderful father.

And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
When I think about the way...

I have been thinking lately about the burdens He has placed on me...the ones He places on all of us. He selects his children, certain ones, to carry heavier things than others. I think about the things I have been called to do in life, the gifts I have been given...Iwas chosen to be a light, a laughter, a lifter of spirits, a listener. It might seem insignificant compared to the weight of other things but no one could have done this but me. He made my heart SO open and tender and caring and compassionate. I am who I am because of the love of His He instilled in me. I just want to be so much the image of Him...forgiving, graceful, wonderful, giving, understanding. I want to love as He loves. Love is the best of all things, the lightest of all things and I just want that light to shine through me, always, just as it does through Him.

Oh, how He loves us, oh
Oh, how He loves us, how He loves all
How He loves

Yeah, He loves us, oh, how He loves us
Oh, how He loves us, oh how He loves
Oh, I love

Yeah, He loves us, yeah, He loves us
How He loves us, oh, how He loves us all