“And 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...
Yea He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.”
- How He Loves (John Mark Mcmillan)
If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking… And we’ll never get up and out of this ocean. In fact, the only way to life is to lose our all, our lives, in this deep unending ocean of grace. Just keep sinking. Everything in life that once stood tall and proud finds itself bending under the way of His love and mercy.
This is my story. My life. One big story of grace. Everything I’ve done, good and bad, for better or for worse, eclipsed by the great affection He has for me.
What have I done to deserve it? Absolutely Nothing.
This is the story of grace. The song of my days, the praise on my lips.
Oh how He loves us.
I can’t move from this spot, down on my knees at the foot of the cross. And I don’t think I’m ever meant to move. Lord let this be the posture of my heart, all of my days.
Oh how He loves us.
Oh how He loves US.
I see it now. He loves US.
He loves me. AND He also loves you.
He loves me. AND He also loves her.
He loves me. AND He also loves him.
He loves me. AND He also loves them.
Do we see it now? We all need a fresh revelation of this. I know I do.
It was never meant to be you or me, him or her.
It was never one or the other.
It’s always meant to be one FOR the other. He is the ONE who is FOR us, not against us.
He has us all on the same team.
Do we see it now… the truth that has kept me stayed on Him this entire season.
… He loves me. AND He also loves you.
… He loves me. AND He also loves her.
… He loves me. AND He also loves him.
… He loves me. AND He also loves them.
He so loved us that He gave His one and only Son, AND He still gives…
Oh how He loves…
