God's Love

 

There is Someone I love, Someone dear to my heart,

Someone who loves me more than I deserve.

More than life.

An immortal God gave His life for me

Out of love for me.

 

There is Someone who loves me, who gave up so much.

He didn't have to die or suffer.

But He saw me in sin

And He came down to earth and became human

Out of love for me.

 

There is Someone I live for, and would gladly die for,

The God that died on the cross for me.

He gave me a second chance

And He suffered so that I might share eternal joy with Him

Out of love for me.

 

There is Someone I love, more than anything else,

The God that created Heaven and Earth.

People may scoff

But I smile because I know that God is there

Out of love for me.

 

There is Someone who loves me, who loves all of humanity,

Even though we continuously fall again and again.

He picks us back up,

The God that suffered and died

Out of love for me.

 

There is Someone who is love itself, love's own creator,

The God that came to teach us love.

We killed him for it.

But He forgives us and never gives up on us

Out of love for us.

 

There is Someone who loves you, never forget that,

He gladly embraced His cross for you;

The ultimate sacrifice of love.

And He never stops wanting you to love Him back

Out of love for you.

 

There is Someone who's waiting for you, waiting so patiently,

How can you turn your back on Him?

Who else could love you more?

Open your heart and say "I am yours, oh my Lord"

Out of love for Him.

 

 

I was reading the Psalms today.  Sitting in front of Our Lord in Adoration, my Bible on my lap and my head bowed as I soaked in the words of that beautiful, inspirational poetry about our God.  Honestly, I don't think you can find words anywhere more beautiful than the Psalms. 

 

The Psalms speak the cry in our hearts and put into words the deep longing we have for the Lord.  The Psalms rejoice, comfort, guide, and strengthen us in our Faith. 

 

It's really amazing to think about how much God loves us. 

 

He died for you.  For YOU. 

 

 

He came to pay a debt He did not owe,

 because we owed a debt we could not pay.

 

 

Our world is a messed up place.  The idea of love has been so twisted and perverted that our society doesn't even know the meaning of love anymore.  Just look around you, at the magazines, at the insanity and shallowness and evil that has been disguised as love. 

 

Then look at this man on the cross. 

 

We can't lose sight of what love really, truly is.  Love isn't about taking for yourself, it's about giving everything to someone else.  Love is a sacrifice, not selfish gratification. 


Sometimes I look at the world and it's confusion and it's enough to make me give up hope for humanity. 


Then I realized something. 


If we want the world to be a better place, then it's up to US to make it better.  We have to be that good example, we had to be the evangelizers and missionaries for Him, and we have to reteach all those things that somehow, our world has lost.  We can't sit around bewailing the fate of our society.  It's our duty to take a stand because if we don't, no one will. 


I have firm faith that my generation, YOUR generation, will change the world. 


And maybe, by following Christ's example, perhaps we can teach the world, once again, to love.


Are you as amazed as I am about how much Christ loves us?