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Oh How He Loves Us.

"Oh How He Loves Us"

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

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 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

And oh, how He loves us
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us so
how he loves


This song gets me every time.  Before I was a mom-to-be, I loved this song and was deeply impacted by the lyrics; however, now that I am expecting Baby Number One, this song absolutely wrecks me.  We sang this song in church this morning, and I took the time to reflect on how/why this song bears so much weight on me.  When Justin and I were first married, my relationship with Jesus was deepened, because I understood that Christ's love for the church was reflected in Justin's love for me. This is a beautiful thing, and I treasure it because I know that not all wives have loving husbands that reflect the love of Jesus to their families.  As our marriage has grown, so has my relationship with Jesus. 

Now that I am going to be a parent, I am experiencing a different facet of love all together.  I know that it doesn't compare whatsoever, but I find myself thinking about how much God must love us, His children, when I already love Baby Via so much and I haven't even met her yet.  I think that's why this song is so significant to me right now.  As Justin and I share this deep love for our baby, how much greater is God's love for us?  I know that our children will disappoint us, but how much more do we disappoint our great God?  Every emotion I feel for this baby is miniscule in comparison to the emotions that God feels for us.  We humans have the capacity to greive, delight, disappoint, and please our Father in Heaven.  Wow!  I certainly want to delight and please Him rather than grieve and disappoint Him. 

Some things that I believe delight my Father:

  • Fellowship with friends, like Saturday morning brunch (blueberry scones, mini quiche, fresh fruit, mango-orange juice, and iced coffee).

  • Nightly prayer time with my husband.
  • Smiling at strangers.
  • Working hard at my job.
  • Quality time spent with my family.
  • Exercising financial wisdom.
Some things in my life that might be grieving my Father:
  • The amount of time I spend on media (facebook, tv, etc).
  • How quick I am to judge those I don't know.
  • How quick I am to judge those I do know.
  • The fact that I can smile at strangers, but I am terrible at making new friends (my hubby is great at this - his passion for community motivates me).
As I compile these lists I am reminded that we all always have room to grow, but we can't grow until we know what to work on.  It's a good thing to take this inventory periodically. 

It will be awhile before Via starts to want to please me, Justin, or God, but my prayer is that she will get to that point.  May we model gracious, loving, and wise parenting to our children as a constant reminder of how deep His love is for us.  And may our children learn that while we are well-intentioned humans, we will fail them; however, our Father in Heaven never will.  Oh.How.He.Loves.Us.

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  1. MederFam5August 28, 2012 at 5:01 PM



    Julia Mederich Great blog post!

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