This is a great song... we sang it last weekend on Chrysalis (a youth renewal weekend sponsored by the Upper Room) and it's stuck in my head! The original version by the writer, John Mark MacMillan is out there, but I think Kim Walker does a better job.
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 so...
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us so...
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…
He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves...
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 so...
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us so...
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…
He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves...
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We sing this song from time to time at church, too. The first time we sang it, I had an epiphany about God's love...that really is the basic difference between Judaism/Christianity and every other major world religion...we worship a God who loves us.
(although we do alter usually the words for Sunday morning worship a bit; 'sloppy wet kiss' becomes 'beautiful kiss'... ;) )
Oh, I dunno... I just think puppies for "sloppy wet kiss" or babies just learning how to kiss. Kinda fits.
;)
I see your point! Puppies and babies...yeah, it does...
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