how HE loves us...

Before I type anything else, I need to give God praise for something that happened. My uncle (who was a smoker for years) found out awhile back that he had throat cancer. His doctor removed his voicebox and put a trach in shortly after that. My uncle was told about a month ago that the cancer was back and that he would need to go through chemo again. When my uncle heard this he said that he was not giving up and would fight. Myself and others began praying for his salvation and for healing. Last weekend, two of my uncles went to visit this uncle and led him to the Lord! We are still believing God for his complete healing and give God ALL the glory!!

Today has been better than yesterday. I took my final exam and feel that I did well on it. Then met up with a friend whom I've known since middle school. She is leaving this Sunday to go to Ghana with a group through Wycliffe Bible Translators. She has a teaching degree in ESL (English as a second language) and at one time lived in Mexico for a couple of years, teaching English to missionary children there. I am so excited for her and for what God is doing in and through her! It was nice to spend a couple of hours with her before she leaves for the trip.

On the way home from visiting with my friend, I turned the radio to K-LOVE. If you've never listened to K-LOVE, check it out www.klove.com to listen online. The song that came on the radio was David Crowder Band's "How He Loves Us", which I've heard several times. I would have to say that David Crowder is one of my favorite bands. So this song comes on the radio and I start crying like a baby. It was like the lyrics finally sunk in--that HE loves ME..regardless of what I think about myself..regardless of what I see in the mirror every day. He loves me! Even now, tears are coming to my eyes as I think about that. That He would even look my way and see me, amongst the billions of people in this world. That every day I fail Him..I fall short..I don't read my Bible like I should..I don't pray like I should..I don't keep my focus on Him like I should, yet HE loves ME. Wow.

I can say now that I've had my own children, I see things in a different light. To have carried them inside me..felt them move around..go through 12-15 hours of labor for each child..and then see this beautiful baby before me. Something that started out as small as the tip of a pencil and grew into an 8 or 9 lb baby inside of my body. Something that God created and knew before they were even in my womb. And I think of how I would give MY life for them in an instant..and then I think of how God gave His Son for me. And again I'm brought to tears because it's beyond anything I can comprehend..words can't even describe the gift that I've been given.

YouTube video David Crowder Band "How He Loves Us"


David Crowder Band- "How He Loves Us" lyrics

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.

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

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.