Oh. How He loves me so!

I was in the Carribean last week with my daughter. When I got back I found that my computor was down. Well, I am now back in the swing of things. God proved to me over and over on our trip how much He loves me and how good He is. Along with the many blessings, His presence was so real and amazing it brings me to tears thinking about it. In church yesterday we sang a song that repeats quiet often, "Oh, how He loves me so...". This song is not a direct worshipful song that I am use to. I normally gravitate to songs that tell God how much I love Him, and this song threw me when I first heard it. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I haven't even begun to fully grasp God's love for me. I don't think about His love for me as often as I should. I believe we will understand and accept His love for us more as we walk with Him and will continue to do so throughout eternity (Eph. 2,3 please read). I have heard John 3:16 maybe a million times in my life, but I will not even begin to grasp His multi-facetted love for me until I have personally experienced it in my everyday life. When I say multi-facetted I am speaking of all the aspects of His love such as discipline and correction (Heb. 12:6), as well as favor and blessing, and the awareness of His beautiful and strong presence. 1John 4:19 says, "We love Him because He first loved us." This passage reminds me of the fact that He initially reached out to me and I then became His daughter. As a good daughter I don't want to ever take His love for granted. I will be forever grateful to Him and will prove to Him that His love is truly appreciated and received by doing everything I can to dote over Him and be obedient in what He would like for me to do. In Jude 21 we are exhorted to "Guard and keep ourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ-which will bring you unto life eternal." This verse implies that keeping ourselves in the love of God will assure our eternity with Him. 1 Jn 4:15-16 says God is love and to be in God is to live in His love. What comfort! What joy! As it implied in Eph. 2, we can't earn His love. We get to accept it and enjoy it! Now I pray that (Eph 3:17-21 Amp. PLEASE READ) you may be rooted deep in and founded securely on LOVE. That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all of the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth of LOVE. That you may know the LOVE of Christ through experience for yourself. Now unto Him be glory forever and ever!