we sang a great song at church this weekend; i've heard it before, but i haven't been able to get it out of my head today. i really like some of the lyrics in it.
He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
that is so powerful. He loves us with the power of a hurricane, and i am that one tree left in the wind, bending under His love, knowing that i won't break. i love the feeling that God is jealous for me, like i am the only one He wants. and i know that i am, because i was made in His eyes, so to Him, i am perfect. the metaphor of "if grace was an ocean, we'd all be sinking" is so descriptive of God's grace and mercy for us. with all the hate in this world, we are still forever sinking in the ocean of God's grace, no matter what.
not growing up in church, i never liked it. i wasn't a Christian until i came to college and met a group of Christian women. so i never 'got' how God loves us more than any of us can imagine. that He is bigger than anything we can imagine. in the bible it says that the universe fits in the span of His hand. and the universe is the biggest thing we on earth can fathom, and we will never see the edge of its limits. God is really big and we are really small. when i was a kid and looked up at the sky at night, i saw stars and planets, but thats as far as it went. now i look up in the sky and think of what is past the tiniest sliver of the universe that we live in, thinking what else God has made.
i don't know how i made it through 19 years of my life without knowing God. i was a different person then. now, i can say with all my heart that i am loved, loved more than anyone can put into words, by a God who is full of grace.
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