As I was sitting at the Embassy yesterday, all frustrated and fed up with things, I turned on my Ipod and listened to the song "how he loves us" by David Crowder. And it hit me hard. He loves us. This is no small statement. The God of our universe and galaxies behind our knowledge, the God who spoke and made it so, the God who holds all things in His hand-- he loves us. The fact that this awesome, all-powerful God would even acknowledge me let alone love me, His creature, is humbling and something to be in awe of. I love in the book of Job when the Lord finally speaks in chapter 38. He says, "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined it's measurements- surely you know!..." This goes on for 2 chapters. Then in ch. 40 "And the Lord said to Job: "Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it." Then Job answered the Lord and said, "Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand over my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further."" Who is man to question God? We are not always going to have the answers. We are not always going to understand why things happen. And that's okay. When things around me start to fall apart and I want to question God and question His reasoning, I have to cling to what I know. I know that He loves us. This reminded of something I said in a post about perspective- Sometimes we just have to take a truth that we know and keep reminding ourselves of it when everything seems to contradict it. I don't know why this earthquake happened. I want to cry out to God, "Haven't these people been through enough? Wasn't their life already hard enough?". So I cling to the Truth- God loves Haiti. He loves the people of Haiti. He knows them by name. He created them, He knows the number of hairs on their heads. He has not forgotten them.
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
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
He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
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.
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…
That He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
5 comments:
beautiful. isn't He so good to us to even remind us? how gracious!
job 38-40 are some of my most favorite chapters. when i think of the Lord being the ultimate artist, poet, and Creator, i turn to those beautiful illustrations of His story of the beginning of our world.
it's easy to question. but His love, His grace, His mercy, His peace . . . HE is more than enough for us!
So true...Here is another verse of how great His love is for us - it is my "go to" scripture in almost any situation and I have been praying it for all of you in Haiti.
Lamentations 3:19-24
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."
We were JUST singing that tonight. And I SO desperately needed to hear that. THank you!
Thank you for this post.It is a reminder that I need today! I know God is using you in a powerful way there. We are constantly in prayer for your whole team.
Valerie (Vivien's aunt)
That song has been my theme through a lot since it was released. So powerful, so true.
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