humbled by this Love.

I love it when the Lord wakes me up in the morning thinking of Him. Usually Im startled by my alarm at 7:30 am, roll out of my bed to make my morning coffee and spend some time in the Word (fighting my heavy eye-lids). Yet the days when He wakes me up refreshed and with His praises on my heart and mind, those are the days I feel most alive. I've been digging in the gospels this month, along with seeking wisdom in the book of Proverbs. However, with my weight of ministry on my heart, today I dove into Ephesians, hoping to get a fresh viewpoint of His love for me and for His people.

First, let me tell you that God has been shaking my world up with the thought of His love. David Crowder's song "How He Loves" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCunuL58odQ

has been in my head and on my lips....

Vs. 1

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.

Chorus:

He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves us,
Whoa! how He loves.

Vs. 2

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 a sloppy wet 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…

So as I got into Ephesians 1, I was blown away thinking about how he PREDESTINED us to be His children. Check out vs 4-6, "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. IN LOVE he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves."

May I never forget that I was chosen, before the world was even formed, to be His child. He chose me to spite the sin He knew that I would fall in. He chose me, knowing I would spit in his face repeatedly as I waded in the pool of mediocrity and the distractions of the world. He chose me, knowing I would get distracted, knowing I would choose things above Him, knowing that I would constantly fall on my face. YET HE KNEW, and He still sent the One He loves... for me. For me, a woman who is a sinner, but was forgiven. For me, a woman who continues to sin, but continues to be forgiven by his undeserved grace and love. I am humbled by this Love. The ultimate Love.