This song by John Mark McMillan is so powerful and rings true.
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 how beautiful you are
And how great your afflictions for me
Oh how he loves us so
Oh how he loves us
How he loves us so
Yea He loves us
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 meats earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart burns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
When I think about the way
He loves us
Oh how he loves us so
Oh how he loves us
How he loves us so
Yea He loves us
I thought about you
The day Stephen died
And you met me between my breaking
I know that I still love you God
Despite the agony
See people they want to tell me your cruel
But if Stephen could sing
He'd say its not true
Cause your good
This summer I have been blown away by a new understanding of the love of Jesus. I honestly can't put into words. The part of the song that says "My heart burns violently inside of my chest" probably describes it best. I'm filled with this deep thankfulness that I can't even begin to put into words. I'm so glad that I don't have to try -- that God knows my every feeling better than I do. Jesus loves me every moment of every day whether I am worshipping Him with all that I have or whether I am being a sinner or whether I am sleeping or eating or laughing or crying. He loves me the same no matter what. And He loves me fully. He loves me more fully and more deeply than I will ever be able to understand. And NOTHING that I have done deserves it. He just does.
I love my Jesus.
