be loved

"...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 so.

How He loves us, 

How He loves us so.

Yeah, He loves us!

Oh how He loves us!

Oh how He loves!!

We are His portion and He is our prize,

drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes-

If grace is an ocean we're all sinking.

So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet 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 HE LOVES US!"

I am obsessed with this song by John Mark McMillan, to the point that Abigail likes to tell me to STOP SINGING that song!!  But the point is.  He loves us.  HE LOVES US!  So.  SO.  He loves us.  And in the light of that love, all other things sort of fade away.  All of the afflictions, the grief, the fear, the regrets....  They fade in the light of God's great love for us.  It's playing on my music player right now... be loved!!