This week on the coast of North Carolina (and the eastern seaboard of the US), they are preparing for a hurricane. As I thought about and prayed for those in the path, this song came to mind. I thought about the winds and damage a hurricane can bring. And I thought about how feriously my God loves me...and it hit me how very connected His love is with a hurricane. Sometimes we view our trials as punishment, when it is really coming from the loving hand of a God who with all the passion imaginable pours out His love on us as He bends and conforms us into the image of His beloved Son.
He loves you. Soak in that today.
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 realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves us,
Oh! how He loves.
We are His portion and He is our prize,
If His grace is an ocean,
we're all sinking.
we're all sinking.
And Heaven meets earth
like an unforseen kiss,
like an unforseen 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.



