So I told you yesterday how incredible my day was at church this past Sunday.

I just wanted to clarify, for the record, that I was not really, actually, literally punched in the head in Sunday School. I know this comes as a huge shock to you, but I may have exaggerated a bit.

I know, right? Its so unlike me.

But anyway… I’ve lost some sleep worrying that I may have scared someone away from visiting my church out of the fear that they might get knocked upside the head with a Bible, so I wanted to assure you that its not that kind of church. Just so you know.

I also said that I couldn’t remember what music we sang, but then I heard this song by David Crowder on the radio this morning and I remembered… YES! That’s the song we sang Sunday!

Well, one of many songs, but I love the lyrics to this one so much that I wanted to repost them here.

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.

Yeah He loves us
O how He loves us
O how He loves us
O how He loves

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…

Yeah He loves us
O how He loves us
O how He loves us
O how He loves….

That David Crowder has some really powerful lyrics!

I especially love the line that says He is jealous for me….

I think that’s the reason why, bottom line, God hates for us to sin… its not so He can punish us, its not because He doesn’t want us to have any fun… its because sin separates us from Him, and anything that separates us from Him makes God jealous.

I love that God loves me that much…